Lady Slipper Orchids

 

This morning I glanced at the soft sunshine pouring through the forest

and wondered if it was kissing the lovely Lady slippers. Camera in hand I wandered into the woods. Sure enough sunlight gently graced the forest and landed on the lovely orchids. 

When I headed out, I thought I would be home soon for a cup of tea, but the forest beckoned me, wrapping an aura of rarified energy around me. I wander through trees, meadows and over hills. Green lush everywhere at this time of year. Flowers sprinkled throughout. Bird song as a companion. 

The forest has that ability, to wrap itself around us in a nurturing way, unwinding any tight places, bringing our breath gently home and mind quiet. It offers us peace and inspiration, inspiring awe for our beautiful world. 

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Late Spring into The Beginning of Summer

It has been a long since posting here. 

I post on Instagram regularly, in case you are interested. 

The male cones of the Lodgepole pines were heavy laden with pollen.

We have had many big storms which brought down seemingly endless trees. 

One of my 6 trees that came down was a pine and a perfect opportunity to harvest pollen and explore super-food medicine making with it. 

I gently shook the branch so you could see how much comes off a gentle shake.

It was a time intensive experience. So lovely to be in the woods, collecting the male cones, serenaded by the birds and amazing scent of pine trees. 

wild orchids are blooming, some have come and gone,

the lovely ladyslipper:

summer light igniting a new born leaf:

a new find along the ponds shore,

I have learned they are snail eggs:

A deer ate that one along with the plant

but there are more

I hope to see the snails arrive

tiny treasures abound

This might be a newborn snail from one of the egg sacks?

It was on the end of a blade of grass

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I wish you all a lovely summer. 

I hope to post more often, time will tell. 

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Summer Solstice

as we step from spring into summer

fields are bursting with canola flowers

my three poppy buds have opened their petals

in celebration of life

 

the skies offer beauty that beckons one to walk the woods

finding wild orchids, lady's slipper with one raindrop

 

this is the first harebell I have seen this season

lovely rosy dots upon it's style

morels like little gnome caps rising from the forest floor

 

raspberry and purple mushrooms here and there

 

it is a wonderful planet we call home

with marvelous findings 

to meet

and 

enjoy

I wish one and all a lovely summer

or 

be it winter on the other side

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