Bloodroot
(Sanguinaria canadensis)
It has been an unusually long cold winter here in the north, and nights in the highlands are still only a few degrees above freezing. It will be another week until colonies of bloodroot and trout lilies are well up and blooming, but single specimens lift their heads here and there, and we found the first two bloodroot buds yesterday.
The shy white bloomers with their golden hearts are something of a seasonal marker for me, and when I discovered these two glowing in their protected stone warmed alcove, I could have gotten down on my creaky knees and kissed the good dark earth - they were that perfect. That, in fact, is just what I landed up doing to capture these images, getting right down on the fragrant soil among little green shoots, twigs and last autumn's fallen leaves.
Along came one of those little wild epiphanies, a moment of kensho, one of those fleeting intervals of shy knowing that I like to call "aha" moments. Forget the fancy stuff - this is the ground of my being.
A very happy Beltane (or May Day) to everyone!
3 singing pebbles:
kensho - wonderful
my garden is weeks ahead of you
my iris are bloom and another night of heavy rain - has them on the ground
thank you for sharing ....
"...The ground of your being..." I love that!
Thank you!
i know what you mean about kissing the ground and welcoming spring! we have had a much too long and far too wet winter. only this past weekend did the sunshine warm our bodies while the blooms warmed our hearts. daffodils, tulips, muscari, heather, early blooming rhodies and azaleas, and the plum tree are now splashing our gardens in colors for which we are most grateful.
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