Spring is a Time of Change

Scenic Stream, May 20, 2005
Woodland spring is a season of rapid change. The above photograph shows the view from a bridge on May 20th, while the photograph below shows the same view just one month earlier, on April 19th. If you look carefully at the rocks in the stream, you can see the view is the same.
Same View, April 19, 2005
You can see how the leaves have filled in during the month between April 19 and May 20. By late may, the trees' leaves absorb much of the incoming sunlight, casting quite a bit of shade on the forest floor. By late May, many of the early-blooming wildflowers have already made their seeds, and finished up growing for the year. But most of these, perennials, will return again the following spring.
For more information on the April 19th photograph, please check my entry from October 15th. In the right margin, click on October 2005 under ARCHIVES.