Spring is absolutely my favorite season. I just love watching tiny leaves and buds emerge. Somehow they bring me even more pleasure than seeing things in full bloom. Part of it is surely the temperature, which I find more agreeable in spring than in the heat of summer.<\/p>\n
I take regular walks in the woods – Pfeiffer Nature Center’s woods, my own, and those belonging to friends and neighbors. Here’s what I found in the woods yesterday.<\/p>\n
Spring beauties<\/a> – their name says it all! Tiny, delicate flowers with deeply-colored petal veins, I have to tear myself away from studying them. Spring beauties are almost done blooming now, but you can still find some.<\/p>\n Trillium – white, painted, and the deep burgundy, which I know by the common name of wake-robin<\/a>. With the white<\/a> flowers the most common and the painteds<\/a> the least, I find all the trilliums captivating.<\/p>\n Another beauty out right now is the wood anemone<\/a>. Delicate white flowers wave atop broad green leaves, inviting me into the shade.<\/p>\n Although you may find some near you, in my woods, at least, the trout lilies are done. <\/p>\n But you can still pick a batch of leeks<\/a> and saute them for supper. Or if you’re patient and have the know-how, go for some fiddleheads<\/a>. Like all wild-food foraging, make sure you know what you’re doing before eating anything!<\/p>\n