But I wouldn’t know, since I don’t go to church. All I know is that looking around sets me right: this a most excellent planet. So here, partake of the goodies, and enjoy:
A couple of days ago, I went out twice – twice! – with the camera, but, as the hip people say, life was pain.
Hepatica are my undoing. There is something about light violet flowers that my camera and I have not been able to figure out.
I have equally bad luck photographing spring beauties, so today I headed up into the woods at home where I knew I’d find whole carpets of them. I was determined to get a good portrait.
Naturally, a little one insisted on stealing the spotlight.
I will say, I do love being able to focus on different places. For instance, let’s hone in on the texture of the petals…
…and now, let’s have a look at those stamens.
Yum. There were carpets of trout lilies as well – just the initial leaves, no flowers. And Canada mayflower.
But the show-stoppers today are the blue cohosh. The first ones to come up, which last I checked were two or three inches tall, have grown maybe eight or nine inches in the past five days.
And more flowers are opening up.
You can see the space alien hands are turning green.
On the other side of the driveway, another whole bunch are coming up.
Poignant, I think.
The Trillium Report
Trillium come in for a lot of abuse.
Chomp.
Is it safe to come out?
Others are faring better. At this stage, we get to see just how messy pollination gets.
It’s all tidy at first.
Then it gets sneezalicious.
Holy Crap Category
Today, we have what I will tentatively identify as some sort of blue-eyed grass, only the stamens look totally different from the rest of them. Let’s review.
Your typical blue-eyed grass naughty bits.
And, bonus, these guys look like they are going to be giving birth to tiny little watermelons.
Magnolia Newsflash
Susannah over at Wanderin’ Weeta has many interesting things to say about magnolia.
