Lady's Slipper Orchids: Pretty in Pink!

The fun news from the Barrens is that all of the lady's slipper orchids, Cypripedium acaule, are moving from their green phase into pink! We accessed the Barrens via Tow Hill, and this gave me a chance to check out all of the orchids there.

I found many still green, quite a few turning to pink, and several that were really deeply pink. These two are somewhere in the middle. I liked the way they looked, standing there side by side, so pretty, so round and shapely, so pink!

Our soundtrack song is the Psychedelic Furs, with Pretty in Pink.

P.S. The update on our little fledgling cardinal is fabulous news: it's flying! It's flying! Around dusk, we looked out the window and discovered all three birds, Mama, Papa, and Baby Bird, flying all around the yard together! WHEEEeeee!!!