significant

 'Wake-robin' 12x12" oil pastel on panel; Kathleen Faulkner

Trillium

a precise and elegant wildflower

so

fragile and shy

 

They always bring up memories

that always make me smile.

Bitter Cherry

Prunus Emarginata

Bitter Cherry

Steve at Dunbar Gardens told me about a native species of cherry.  The fruit is not edible by humans but the birds love it and it is a real beauty, don't you think?