photo essay from the arc

the exhuberant innocence of flowers and light
by Larry Henry                

         light plays with stone at the portal of Barrett's Rim

White trout lilies cascade down moist hillsides, like fallen stars.

the first chaste petals of hepatica open on a cool March day, backlit by last year's leaves

not long after, the bud of a bloodroot flower trembles with potential

The flowers of wild ginger are usually hidden, but when the grow on the vertical sides of limestone
boulders, their symmetrical beauty is revealed.

the first sessile trilliums open to the sun, a play of flowers and light

All photos taken in the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System of southern Ohio; Spring 2009

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