Our colony of ladyslipper orchids started blooming and will last through the weekend.  It is about 200 feet into the red (Shortcut) trail from the Throne, marked by a wooden sign.  Please don’t step into the woods to get closer.  It is all too easy to step on and crush these soft little plants.  There are a number near the trail on both sides for about 30 feet.  The second picture is a native azalea.  You won’t see many of these.  I rescued this one from a colony in the woods and planted it behind the house protected by a fence.  If you spot one (in bloom right now!) let me know where and I’ll put up a fence.  The woods with fewer deer would be full of small native shrubs, many of them flowering, all surviving below deer browse height.