Spring Ephemerals by Janet

This is the glorious season of spring ephemerals, like these Spring Beauties at Turkey Run.

It seems to me that one of the true spring ephemerals is not a flower but a color, the vivid green of early spring, which will darken in days but is absolutely glowing now. Here are two shots of that green, from Scotts Run.

For the single leaf, the wet rock provided contrast. The other was trickier. I struggled through a patch of Jack-in-the-Pulpit to try to find a dark background that would make the green plant "pop." Dissatisfied with the backgrounds I found, I decided to try an all-green background to repeat and reinforce the spring green.