Anticipation

I am SOOOOOOO excited!!!!! We have been recently re-discovering some beautiful trails just a short walk from our home, and when we went there today after having been away for about a week, the whole forest has changed. A week ago I couldn't see it, but now it is just about ready to explode with trilliums. Since we were there last, the leaves have grown tall and are now recognizable, and the blooms are peaking out and offering a hint of the beautiful things that are to come. Staring down into the valley, you can see that the whole floor is absolutely covered with white trilliums. In another 2 or 3 days it will be breath-taking. It goes without saying that over the next week or so you will likely be bombarded with dozens of pictures of trilliums.......

And, Mother Nature being the kind and gracious being that she is, we are not left on our own to wait for the trilliums. There are still Dutchmen's Breeches.....................

And Trout Lilies .....................

And Carolina Spring Beauty.

Lovely.