Plants

First of the May Apples

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Few blooms are more beautiful than the May apples.

Partially opened bud
Partially opened bud
Full bloom
Full bloom

Yesterday the woods were full of them.

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I saw some other wildflowers as well — starflower, as well as a few new ones: gaywing and wild lily of the valley. There was also one mystery flower.

Starflower
Starflower
Gaywing (Fringed polygala)
Gaywing (Fringed polygala)
Wild lily of the valley
Wild lily of the valley
More wild lily of the valley
More wild lily of the valley
Mystery flower
Mystery flower
Forest floor
Forest floor

The forest floor made me wax poetic — a carpet strewn with jewels. Not all of them were plants, either.

Green darner dragonfly
Green darner dragonfly

All in all quite magical…

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