PEAK SPRING ON A BIZARRE ISLAND

Trillium grandiflorum (Trillia grandiflora?)

Morel mushroom look-a-like off the trail

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Local Trenton 470 million year old limestone on the beach with brachiopods 

Peace

Tigers and whale sharks and brachiopods and mussels (a microcosm in a grain of sand, echos of nature)

Purple Trillium

Hybrid pink

Mutations of 4 petals (that must be lucky) and more

Perfect for a pair of mallard ducks

Princess Pirate and I went for a long walk in one of our favourite parks. The main highlight of a boardwalk over a marsh filled with creatures has been closed the last two years, but we took a chance to walk the loop that was left and wandered a short route by the beach, where our geology lessons expanded. Turns out, spring flowers flourish for such a short season because they whither once the leaves of a forest grow, and last Saturday was one of the last days. It was a wonderful way to spend an afternoon.