Friday I headed to
Shawnee State Forest rooted in the beautiful Appalachian foothills of southeast Ohio for a tiny vacation! I spent the day wondering and walking the Shawnee trails before hooking up up with a group of Flower Hunters and nature bloggers on Saturday at
Adams Lake State Park. I learned so much..and saw so many tiny and beautiful spring wildflowers...and met so many wonderful people. I loved being part of the spring wildflower foray. I'm back at home, and since it's 62 and sunny right now, I'm going to skip out to Fort Ancient to see if I can find any of the tiny and beautiful wildflowers I learned about yesterday. Here's just a taste of what I saw...there will be more to come this week.
...a beautiful White Trout Lily, one of the largest flowers we saw, drips with pollen.
Up close, the colors glow...
When you lay on the ground and study the delicate petals, you feel the quiet softness of beauty. The mind slows down, time slows down...it's very soothing. I wonder if there is a restorative practice documented as flower gazing. If there isn't, there should be! :-)
Erythronium albidum
Since Matty is learning Latin, I'm trying to take a stab at it too. Hopefully I can slowly add the scientific names to my vocabulary.
...nothing says spring like the P word!
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