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
A wildflower is an inspirational force of nature. You may think they are delicate and fragile, and they are, being ephemerals. But they are also survivors. They are perennials uniquely adapted to their habitat. They do not require any tending, care, watering, pruning, pampering or husbandry to blaze up every year with the desire to GROW. I like to think of them as my ‘spirit flowers’. I’ve been a widow and single mother of 4 for 7 years; I am a woman with a fierce desire to grow and sustain my life and my kids’ in the most natural way I can. My kids are grown and living independently from me now, and we are each beautiful illustrations of the fragility and tenacity of life. Yes, we are WILDFLOWERS in many ways.
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers and nurturers of life who recognize the force and the freedom of growth in themselves and in others!
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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