Bloodroot seems to be the most fleeting of the spring ephemerals.... Unlike hepatica or spring beauty, which may bloom for a few weeks in any given location  - most bootroots in any given location seem to bloom within a matter of a few days. The flowers last a few days at most and then are gone. If you mis them - well, there's always next year. How many times have I shown up hoping to find these flowers, only to be greeted by their leathery leaves, bereft of blooms. 

 So today I was lucky and stumbled into the woods at a time when the bloodroots were blooming like mad!

 I spent a few hours in the woods, now lush with spring wildflowers (and lots of wild leek) - and I have a bit  of material to comb through. But upon getting home wanted to be sure that I managed at least one passable bloodroot image - and this one seems to fit the bill.

 More bloodroots and other spring ephemerals to follow n the next few days.