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EASTERN SKUNK CABBAGE (SYMPLOCARPUS FORTIDUS)
This is usually the first native flower to bloom in the spring. Enclosed in a red-green mottled spathe, the green colored spadix is covered in tiny yellow flowers. There are also distinct populations of Skunk Cabbage with spathes in solid red and bright yellow green. The bloom has a rotting flesh smell which attracts a variety of insects for pollination.
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Naperville, IL
Three yellow spring flowers today, which are brightening up the garden. That's much needed as yesterday was thoroughly wet and dismal, with March the wettest for about 40 years. A few years ago I had several clumps of Primroses, but this seems to be the only survivor.
Today something from a different fairy tale.
On a cold morning, when the city was still quite empty, I jumped into the park with my camera.
Spring is coming.
On the one hand, hope and joy always arise at this time of year, but this year it is difficult.
Today, the authorities have introduced further restrictions on moving outside for everyone. Coronavirus is spreading among people.
Nature's free bounty and useless extravagance had never appeared so fantastically beautiful as it did this spring. I had an uncomfortable suspicion that Nature had come to reconquer the earth for herself.”
― Yukio Mishima
Textured added by:
Kerstin Frank: www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/10022375064/
Lake Warner, N. Hadley, MA (revisited)
"Spring is sprung, de grass is riz
I wonder where de boidies is?
De boid is on de wing, but dat's absoid
De wing is on de boid"
Author much debated
Haro- LA Rioja (Spain)
Poppy field in La Rioja
Photo taken using a Kase KW100 GND1.2 Filter
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Spring arrives in Crane Park, Middlesex, and here’s the first sign – a riotous blackthorn in all its blossoming glory.
The straight side shoots of the blackthorn develop into sharp thorns and the bush will produce sloes in autumn. The tree can often last up to 100 years and was once used for making walking sticks and shillelaghs.
The blossom is a vital source of pollen for early bees; birds like the dense branch network for nesting and butterflies use the bush later in spring – so it’s an all-round giver!
(Information courtesy of the National Trust.)
the blossom season is upon us ..
we have had a very mild January and one of the wettest .. which is good for an early Spring .
so grey .. no sun for days and days .
Spring Fiddleneck Flowers. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.
Spring fiddleneck flowers, California grasslands.
The photograph comes from Carrizo Plain National Monument, but it could be made anywhere across a wide range of California locations at this time of year. Beginning sometime in late winter and extending into early spring, California enters what I term the “impossibly green” season. While much of the state can be brown and dry through most of the year, the colors of this season are amazing — and in the best years and in the right places the wildflower displays are astonishing.
I was actually more in landscape photographer mode on this afternoon, focusing on long views across flower-carpeted valleys toward distant mountains, as sunlight and passing showers moved over the area. But this photograph goes in a very different direction, focusing up close on these flowers and intentionally blurring the background.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Created for DUC - 24 ~ April Challenge
Thanks to Bodrins for starter image.
All work done in Photoshop 2024 and BING
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