A trillium party! They are astonishingly beautiful all dressed alike! Like when all of the Moonies get married and there are about a million brides in white all looking the same- it is startling, and beautiful.
Gosh these are lovely, and a whole wood full. Here I am afraid we look as if we are entering another drought in what should be an assured rain area of 28 inches. We are very late we hope to have a break in March, the latest ANZAC day and here we are past the middle of May. What I would give for a normal (if there is such a thing) year.
I'll have to echo Bonnie, here. That's an amazing number of trilliums. Here in the Pacific Northwest you're lucky to find two or three together by the trail.
Even Trillium Lake on Mt. Hood has nothing to compare with this field.
Wow, I don't think we get trilliums here. And that is a very big party, and yet at perfect peace. I also love the perspective of the photograph. Quiet beauty indeed.
ha linda sue - i remember those photographs when the moonie thing was scaring middle-class americans. row upon row of people. all the same. wow. steven
penny i think that "normal" in many parts of our life is a dynamic thing. the weather - well it would be synonymous with dynamic wouldn't it!!! we haven't had much rain and they are thinking it'll be a hot dry summer. alright. i'll take whatever mother nature thinks we need. steven
barry - last year was also good in this woodlot but to be honest i hadn't really looked for them any other year. my eyes and my heart weren't quite as open to this world as they are now. i'm glad you're getting your fair share of trillium beauty also. steven
When I look at this photo I must think of Lord Tennysons - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - beautiful in its simple,delicate shape,Trillium.
"The White Trillium Trillium graceful,Trillium white, star of the woodland,Lady of light Lo, how she proudly stands in the glade, tri-sceptred sovereign,Queen of the shade. Stately she rises slender-stemmed,tall, gracious response to springs early call, lifting three leaf-arms high from the sod,gazing with pure face lip at her god."
a miracle of spring, steven, and a wonderful photograph. No matter how old i get to be, I hope I will never stop experiencing this awe at nature and the wonders she performs.
What truly lovely flowers they are! We never see a grouping like that here in BC. Maybe two or three. I guess that's why they're the flower of Ontario. Happy Spring Steven.
A trillium party! They are astonishingly beautiful all dressed alike! Like when all of the Moonies get married and there are about a million brides in white all looking the same- it is startling, and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely. There is beauty in simplicity; simplicity in beauty. How long do the blossoms show their splendor?
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful, as you say, Steven. It must be a joy to wander through such a subtle but glorious floral carpet.
ReplyDeleteGosh these are lovely, and a whole wood full.
ReplyDeleteHere I am afraid we look as if we are entering another drought in what should be an assured rain area of 28 inches. We are very late we hope to have a break in March, the latest ANZAC day and here we are past the middle of May.
What I would give for a normal (if there is such a thing) year.
How beautiful that must be, I don't think we have those here?
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful and so perfectly named. Great pictures, must be a marvellous sight to see in "real" life. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteWow steven!!! I have never seen so many trilliums. What a delight!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for sharing.
That is a very healthy crop of trilliums, Steven. We're doing well here ourselves. This must be the year of the trillium.
ReplyDeletepretty. We have purple ones here.
ReplyDeleteHeavenly. They have a certain otherworldliness to them. Yes, simply beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to echo Bonnie, here. That's an amazing number of trilliums. Here in the Pacific Northwest you're lucky to find two or three together by the trail.
ReplyDeleteEven Trillium Lake on Mt. Hood has nothing to compare with this field.
Even the word trillium is beautiful. Happy spring, Steven. Your wonderful season of summer approaches!!
ReplyDeleteQuiet beauty has much to recommend it.
ReplyDeleteWow, I don't think we get trilliums here.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is a very big party, and yet at perfect peace. I also love the perspective of the photograph.
Quiet beauty indeed.
ha linda sue - i remember those photographs when the moonie thing was scaring middle-class americans. row upon row of people. all the same. wow. steven
ReplyDeletedan my memory from last year is that they last a few weeks. they're so beautiful! steven
ReplyDeleteelisabeth - it's actually amazing - but you have to walk with care as these are our provincial flower and so are protected! steven
ReplyDeletepenny i think that "normal" in many parts of our life is a dynamic thing. the weather - well it would be synonymous with dynamic wouldn't it!!! we haven't had much rain and they are thinking it'll be a hot dry summer. alright. i'll take whatever mother nature thinks we need. steven
ReplyDeletevalerie i don't know. i equate them with bluebell woods in england. personally i love the bluebells more!! steven
ReplyDeleterachel they really are beautiful in real life. they completely cover the floor of the woodlot. steven
ReplyDeletebonnie - i wish i could show the whole of this woodlot but it would be a bit much wouldn't it. they are everywhere!! steven
ReplyDeletebarry - last year was also good in this woodlot but to be honest i hadn't really looked for them any other year. my eyes and my heart weren't quite as open to this world as they are now. i'm glad you're getting your fair share of trillium beauty also. steven
ReplyDeletethese are lovely,, i don't think we have them over here..simple is always so stunning..xx
ReplyDeleteWhen I look at this photo I must think of Lord Tennysons - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal -
ReplyDeletebeautiful in its simple,delicate shape,Trillium.
"The White Trillium
Trillium graceful,Trillium white,
star of the woodland,Lady of light
Lo, how she proudly stands in the glade,
tri-sceptred sovereign,Queen of the shade.
Stately she rises slender-stemmed,tall,
gracious response to springs early call,
lifting three leaf-arms
high from the sod,gazing with
pure face lip at her god."
Milena Matcska
Have a nice day Steven
a miracle of spring, steven, and a wonderful photograph.
ReplyDeleteNo matter how old i get to be, I hope I will never stop experiencing this awe at nature and the wonders she performs.
What truly lovely flowers they are! We never see a grouping like that here in BC. Maybe two or three. I guess that's why they're the flower of Ontario. Happy Spring Steven.
ReplyDeleteMy mom had a neighbor whose daughter changed her legal name to Trillium Puffin - it makes a little more sense now - but just a little!
ReplyDeleteThey are incredible flowers!