Project 52 by Donna Mac

Project 52 is a challenge to myself to post at least one picture a week for 2011. Can I do? I think I can!

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Week 11 Meeting the Queen


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.
 

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