A Walk in the Woods

Easter Sunday, a nice spring day to meander up the Madison Run Fire Road trail in the Madison Run Wilderness Area of the Shenandoah National Park.  There are lots of wildflowers blooming up there this time of year. 

A spicebush swallowtail would not stop flapping its wings.

Some kind of lupine?

A common dandelion.

 Some kind of violet perhaps?

Closeup of a dogwood blossom.  Lots of dogwoods in this area.

A redbud branch, with the Madison Run in the background.

The Madison Run, with the redbud branch in the foreground.

 

 Small tiny fozzball flowers on a tiny ground-cover-type plant.

Mullein, a useful wilderness toilet paper, since the leaves are thick and tough but soft as velvet.