Bloodroot and Re-Wilding

 I was startled and delighted to see a drift of wild bloodroot blooming in a neglected area on the north side of the house. It's a slope too steep for the lawn mower and so it only occasionally gets attacked by the weed eater.

That's okay. We can't maintain our property as we once did. At one time I did most of the weed eating and enjoyed it. Alas, no more. John still does a lot, but there are some areas that we are content to give over to re-wilding. 

And now and then there's a lovely surprise like this.

                                                 

The first picture was taken in the morning; the second and third in the late afternoon and the flowers are furled up.