Trillium

Today we went for a drive. We needed to get out and move around, see new sights. We headed towards Forest Park, Portland's famous in city park.

I moved to Oregon for the nature and I desperately miss it when locked in my house. We didn't hike, but I did convince my husband to pull into a parking lot near a trail. We got out and just smelled the woods. It was earthy and green and marvelous. 

Then I spotted Trillium! They come out for a very short time each spring. They are delicate little flowers, and there they were at the edge of the parking lot. That absolutley  made my day. 

It amazes me each  time I head to the woods just how healing nature can be.