In the Wisconsin woodlands, the force of Nature in Springtime is GROWTH!
Plants that have lain dormant for months have an incredible urge to surge and unfurl. You can see greening in a matter of hours, really. The wildflowers on the forest floor have a limited opportunity to pop up and take in the sunshine before the canopy leaves provide too much shade. Early May is the best time to see woodland wildflowers in bloom.
Trout lily
Anemones
scillagrace 
Yours is the interpretation I’ve been enjoying every time I get outside these days. Lovely!
janet
Flowers in May…what better delight after a long winter? I’m always in awe of them.
I agree!
I love several of your macro shots here! And that first picture … it looks like growing through a hole in the dead leaf? Or am I seeing wrongly?
Your eyes are perfectly correct! The leaves shoot up with such force that they spear the dead leaf litter. THAT is a FORCE!
Beautiful collection of flowers. Love the lady bug on the pink flower.
Thanks for your visit and comment!
Ah, lovely!
Thanks!
that first shot is so incredible! I had to look twice to understand the entwining of the leaves. 😉 Great gallery too!
That was only one example of new growth shooting up right through the leaf litter. I saw many more. Pretty impressive!
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