Setting out in search of royalty is not easy task and not for the easily discouraged. The goal of the weekend was to find the pink lady slipper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypripedium_acaule. This magnificent flower is highly sought after with photographers and wildflower enthusiast. The Lady Slipper is elusive, shy and not easily visible and the find will require a little hunting in the woods. This flower is worth the trip though the mud and waiting out the rain. As soon as we spotted the flower I knew we were in the presence of royalty. For a brief moment, I couldn't move and I was just mesmerized by the beauty of this flower. After a few minutes. I noticed the flower was moving with no wind and realized the plant was putting all its energy into opening. I knew it was a moment I could never forget and overwhelmed at how God could put it into the flower to bloom an object without a brain could somehow know when to grow, bloom and die and yet come back next year a just the right time and do the process all again.
