Jack In The Pulpit

{Surprise}

It’s amazing what surprises you’ll see when you’re looking for them!

Needing a little break from work, I decided to take a walk down one of our woodland paths. I always expect to find some little treasure, so I keep my eyes open for them. I was inspecting the progress of the lilies of the valley in front of an old stone wall, when right there in front of me, my eyes caught this gorgeous green & purple “Jack in the pulpit”! I’ve never seen them in our forest before, and I was definitely not expecting to find one so beautiful!

Jack In The Pulpit

Native Americans gathered the fleshy taproots, dried them to eliminate the poisonous qualities, & then used them as a vegetable. I’m not big on poison, so I think I’ll just stick to enjoying their beauty 😉

Jack In The Pulpit

I plan to keep my eyes open for the seed pods in the fall, so I can plant them & expect to see many more covering our woodland floor!

Take a few minutes for yourself today… you never know what surprises await!

Such a cute little gal outside my kitchen window!

I was able to sneak a few shots of our new little friends a few weeks ago & wanted to share them with you all. They look so cute, and they are right outside the windows! I know, I know, I think they are cute right now – but – come spring & we’ve have to work out some sort of deal concerning the gardens 🙂

You can see the little river behind the deer. This is an area that I want to develop into a woodland garden path this spring. I want to use lots of plants that the deer don’t seem to like 🙂

* This is our first year in our new cottage – so our feelings are still very warm towards these little creatures *Big Smile*