A Preface

On June 25, 2010, I posted photos of the Mountain Lady Slipper, a flower I found in the woods near Oakland Camp.  That caused a bit of excitement as the flower had not been reported from this location in the 80+ years the camp has been here, so far as anyone could remember.  People came from out of town to see it, and I got lots of email requests for directions.  On June 10, 2011, I posted new photos of the same flower.  In several cases, I think it was coming from the same bulbs.  Note those dates.
Last night, one of my local fans told me he saw the lady slippers blooming this week, and a few plants were already past their prime and the flowers were wilting.  It's May 19!  Still don't believe global warming is happening?  I'm going out there as soon as I post this.  As Imogene Cunningham said, when asked which was her favorite photo, "the next one I'm going to take" or words to the effect.  That's my plan today.