Dogtooth

The dogtooths have been blooming

in the woods at the Beaver Pond Trail.

 They are also called trout lilies,

 maybe because of the markings on the leaves.

 The leaves cover a lot of ground,

 but there are not that many flowers.

 I wonder why...

 

Bloodroots

I made my first trip of the spring to the Beaver Pond Trail,

 where I found wildflowers in bloom,

some varieties of which I had never seen before.

 These are bloodroots, a flower I remember from childhood.

 If you pick the blossoms, their sap stains your hands an orangey red.

 And yes, I have selected the best captures.

 Fifty made it into the first round of editing.