Spring paints with new leaves, wings, rocks and flowers
It’s Spring!
It rained for two days feeding the parched land across Arkansas and Nature is painting every surface with new life. In Hot Springs National Park the Forest reveals the delicate unfurling of spring Leaves. Soft green pods slowly opening to release green fronds from the sleeping sentinels. A tiny Titmouse flits from Tree to Tree stopping to sharpen its beak on a branch above me. Rain dampened Rocks create a soft pallet of colors on the surface of the trail cradled in fallen Leaves and Needles. Tiny Bluets create a purple haze hovering on willowy green stems above the rust colored Forest floor. Flowering white Wild Plum Trees call to winged pollen collectors with their glorious blossoms. Question Mark and Variegated Fritillary Butterflies Spread orange wings wide warming in the afternoon sun.
Today is Spring and it is calling your name so come out and play…
Love to ALL!
Lee
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- HSNP Canyon Trail Colorful Rock
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- HSNP Canyon Trail Dried leaf
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- HSNP Canyon Trail Question Mark Butterfly
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- HSNP Canyon Trail Question Mark Butterfly
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- HSNP Canyon Trail Sweet Gum Blossoms
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Black White Rock
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Colorful Rock
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Colorful Rock
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Colorful Rock Bluets
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Field Pansy
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail False Garlic
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Flowering Tree
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail HOT Pink Spiderwort
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Opening Leaf Bud
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Opening Leaf Bud
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Spring Beauty
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Spring Beauty
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Spring Beauty
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Spring Leaves
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Tufted Titimouse
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Tufted Titimouse
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Tufted Titimouse
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Tufted Titimouse
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Variegated Fritillary Butterfly
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail White Leaf Buds
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail White Leaf Buds
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Wild Plum
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Wild Plum
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- HSNP Oak Trail Colorful Rock
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- HSNP Oak Trail Colorful Rock
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- HSNP Oak Trail Dandelion
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- HSNP Oak Trail Green Fungi
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- HSNP Oak Trail Leaf Bud
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- HSNP Oak Trail Wooly Blue Violet
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- HSNP Oak Trail Wooly Blue Violet
Spring Serenade Begins in Hot Springs National Park Arkansas
The soft serenade of Songbirds fills the air with a familiar melody as we head out for our hike along the Goat Rock Trail. Tiny reddish-pink maple blossoms have fallen in to the awaiting arms of the soft green moss below. On graceful limbs Leaf buds glow on tips reaching to the sun as others are putting on a floral show. Hopping, flitting and flying the tiniest of birds move in mixed flocks among the awakening Forest. A male Prairie Lizard lays still within the shadows striping the bark of a nearby Tree. Newly blooming Wildflowers spread petals of pink, purple, yellow, violet and white weaving their ground tapestry. Sweet scents fill the air luring winged beauties soaring above to taste nectar warmed by the sun. Spring has pulled us into her embrace.
Love to ALL!
Lee
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- HSNP Gulpha Gorge Trail
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- HSNP Gulpha Gorge Trail Brids-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Gulpha Gorge Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Gulpha Gorge Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Gulpha Gorge Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Maple Blossom on Moss
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Maple Blossom on Moss
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Mourning Cloak Butterfly
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Mourning Cloak Butterfly
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Pink Oxalis
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Pink Oxalis
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Pink Oxalis
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail White Flowering Tree
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail False Garlic
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Boot Camouflage
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNHSNP Goat Rock Trail False Garlic
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Pussy Toes
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Yellow Star Grass
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail View Indian Mt
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail View Indian Mt
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Field Pansy
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Olympia Marble Butterfly on False Garlic
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Spiderwort
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Male Prairie Lizard
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Male Prairie Lizard
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Female Junco
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Female Junco
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Female Junco
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- HSNP North My Loop Trees
Wildflowers and Birds among the Tree Sculptures
Each hike reveals an ever changing open space art gallery. The winter Forest of Hot Springs National Park is filled with beautiful Tree sculptures. You can see a struggle for life in each trunk curve and branch bend. Pushed by storms, twisted by high winds, battered by ice and snow each Tree has a story to share. Colorful Rocks are a canvas for the lichen, mold and fungi to paint their glorious abstracts. Awakening wildflowers push through the leaves, twigs and seeds reaching for sunlight. Their late winter petal pallet of purple and violet dot the landscape. Lovely Birds are beginning to build homes in the branches that will soon be sheltered by new leaves. They sing sweet songs to visitors about the promise of spring. A living art gallery near you is waiting for you to visit… get out and play!
Love to ALL!
Lee
PS A storm is on the way so I took a detour after my hike to see the Cherry Blossoms 
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- HSNP Lower Dogwood Colorful Rock Moss
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- HSNP Lower Dogwood Colorful Rock Moss
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- HSNP Hot Springs Mt Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Honeysuckle Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Gulpha Gorge Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Gulpha Gorge Trail Bluets
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Mourning Dove
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Mourning Dove
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Winter
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Winter
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Winter
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Field Pansy
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Field Pansy
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Winter
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Carolina Chickadee
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Winter
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Winter
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Winter
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Female Downy Woodpecker
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Female Downy Woodpecker
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Goat Rock Trail Birds-Foot Violet
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- HSNP Fountain Trail Wall
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- HSNP Fountain St Lawn Periwinkle
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- HSNP Floral Trail Henbit
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- HSNP Floral Trail Colorful Rock
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- Hot Springs, AR Cherry Blossom Petal on Water
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- Hot Springs, AR Cherry Blossom Petal on Water
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
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- Hot Springs, AR Japanese Cherry Blossoms
