A springtime walk
First around the yard. Lots of things starting to bloom, but these caught my eye.
An old fashioned flowering quince. You see a lot of these on older homesteads and the parents of these were probably planted soon after the house was finished in 1947.
And the flowers of Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) are another of our early bloomers.
And then into the woods above the house.
Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum) is one of the early indicators of spring.
And our pretty little Wood Violet seems to be everywhere on floor of the woods.
And finally, the elusive Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa). We’ve got our own little plot of these native orchids and the patch seems to grow larger each year. This is one of the larger groups. Each little purple spot is an orchid.
And a closeup.
Popularity: 74% [?]
