Flash photo of a columbine

A fern fiddlehead starting to unfurl.

Several giant chickweed flowers.

An owl hiding in the hollow base of a tree.

A patch of wild irises.

A head-on view of a white trillium.

A patch of wild irises.

A blooming native azalea.

The spring growth of a rhododendron.

A backlit red trillium.

A foamflower alongside the trail.

A columbine alongside the trail.

A flowering sweet shrub.

A pink lady's slipper about to bloom.

A section of the trail leading around Black Rock Lake.

A section of the James E. Edmonds Backcounry Trail.

A patch of golden ragworts.

A blue violet growing out of a pocket in the base of a tree.