Flowers past and present

 

I have gone early in springtime to a park, Pearson's Falls (near North Carolina/South Carolina border,) where wildflowers are early and abundant. I finally found some of those photos from 2015!  I also have a great book about wildflowers, but couldn't find it on my last trip to the park. Fortunately my friend Helen knew more than I did! She wrote down the flowers she saw and the date of the trip! 

We went to Pearson Falls again in 2022, probably wearing masks whenever we were around people. Here are two blogs I wrote about that trip: Pearson Falls One, and Pearson Falls Two.

Did you have fun matching Helen's list with my photos? Hope so. Of course these Iris were recently taken, or may be from the internet. 

Today's quote:

Being worthy of happiness!

And to share part of my life, here are more of my pottery pieces.

Two views of two planters. I recently gave one which had been used, to a neighbor who loves plants. Since my plants had white fly fungus several years ago, I made sure she knew that since it was used, it needed to be sterilized before she planted anything in it.

Pearson Falls, part 2

 As I post this, I'm on the way to the dentist today. Finally (hopefully) to get a tooth extracted which was under the bridge which broke last month. Then I can come home and relax...and take some Tylenol for the pain. And nap maybe. So I hope everyone else enjoys Tues.

Some dying flowers, but some were just like them on the other side of this rock...

We enjoyed our walk, stopping to see the flowers all along the way!

Today's quote:

 "Strength of feeling, reverence for mystery, and clarity of intellect must be kept in balance with one another. Neither the passive nor the active must dominate, they must work in conjunction, as in a marriage,"

 and "I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer."

Denise Levertov 

Pearson Falls trip - part one

   These photos were taken on April 27, 2022

Though it's high pollen season, it had rained a few days before, so the new green leaves just vibrated with brightness!

Helen carried her flower i.d. book, and thus named everything we saw. Surprisingly late in wild flower season there were plenty of beauties to see. (When the leaves are on the trees, there are few wild flowers in bloom.)

White rhododendron were blooming in a few places...no purple ones though!

A Cock Robin Trillium

We walked along a trail going up while the cascades of water came down the steep ravine.

This white trillium was the only white one we saw, and it was growing right next to the trail...with huge leaves!

There were fresh wood shavings along the path while the rest of it was stone steps. Not too hard to climb, and lots of railings when the ground sloped away from the trail steeply.

There's a tiny red nubbin of a flower that Helen's book identified...mainly by the pretty leaves.

Then we saw the first Jack in the Pulpit flower. Here's an upside down angle looking back towards my own feet to try to see the curve of the flower.

Looking straight down doesn't do it justice.

A very sturdy bridge, mostly stone, in two sections, took us to the other side of the stream.

But we did see more!

Tomorrow folks...

Today's quote:

Let us be gentle to each other this brief time,

For we shall die in exile far from home,

Where even the flowers can no longer save.

Only the living are healed by love.

May Sarton