Bloodroot Trio
The Eno River is barely forty miles in length from its source to its convergence with Falls Lake here in Durham. It's named for a tribe of Indians who lived along its banks in the 17th Century. While that tribe no longer exists here, thanks in part to preservation efforts of the Eno, much of North Carolina's wildflower diversity does. Many of the flower species are quite ephemeral... and small. It's easy to overlook them as you hike the trails.
On this day, I brought along an extra set of eyeballs in the form of my friend, Terry. Together, we found all on my list for that day, and a couple more. The forest covering the area still proves that winter has yet to relinquish its grip, with only the occasional maple showing evident leaf buds. This tiny stand of bloodroot, often the herald of spring, refuse to bow down their head to what remains of the cold... and they do so beautifully!
For reasons that some of you may understand, this image reminds me of Easter... and of us. A short time ago, there was nothing here but barren trees, dead leaves, and snow... a cold and bleak landscape. Yet, out from that arises new life that reaches delightfully upwards to show off for the lens. And it's anything but "bleak". When you stop and think about it, you see that life is like that. I heard someone joke that they had bought a camera so advanced, they didn't even need it. We all know that could never be. That's the reason you reach for that camera to show the earth in some new way each day! Because it is new each day. And we, too, are in some constant flux of construction each day. It was the Apostle Paul who wrote, in so many words, "I haven't arrived... I'm always under construction!" That gives me hope as well. If that great man of God felt like he was constantly under construction to bloom so wonderfully, then it's no wonder you and I feel that way, too. There's no one reading this now who isn't in some kind of "construction" project... a personal project. The reason is, just as in this image, God hasn't finished remodeling us. He sent us a Savior to make us new, and that's such good news... Happy Easter to you all!
Bloodroot Trio
The Eno River is barely forty miles in length from its source to its convergence with Falls Lake here in Durham. It's named for a tribe of Indians who lived along its banks in the 17th Century. While that tribe no longer exists here, thanks in part to preservation efforts of the Eno, much of North Carolina's wildflower diversity does. Many of the flower species are quite ephemeral... and small. It's easy to overlook them as you hike the trails.
On this day, I brought along an extra set of eyeballs in the form of my friend, Terry. Together, we found all on my list for that day, and a couple more. The forest covering the area still proves that winter has yet to relinquish its grip, with only the occasional maple showing evident leaf buds. This tiny stand of bloodroot, often the herald of spring, refuse to bow down their head to what remains of the cold... and they do so beautifully!
For reasons that some of you may understand, this image reminds me of Easter... and of us. A short time ago, there was nothing here but barren trees, dead leaves, and snow... a cold and bleak landscape. Yet, out from that arises new life that reaches delightfully upwards to show off for the lens. And it's anything but "bleak". When you stop and think about it, you see that life is like that. I heard someone joke that they had bought a camera so advanced, they didn't even need it. We all know that could never be. That's the reason you reach for that camera to show the earth in some new way each day! Because it is new each day. And we, too, are in some constant flux of construction each day. It was the Apostle Paul who wrote, in so many words, "I haven't arrived... I'm always under construction!" That gives me hope as well. If that great man of God felt like he was constantly under construction to bloom so wonderfully, then it's no wonder you and I feel that way, too. There's no one reading this now who isn't in some kind of "construction" project... a personal project. The reason is, just as in this image, God hasn't finished remodeling us. He sent us a Savior to make us new, and that's such good news... Happy Easter to you all!