This lovely example of a Pink Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) was just off the trail in some conservation land near our apartment. This is one of the flowers I missed most during out thirteen year stay in California, so it was especially good to see one my first spring living back in Massachusetts.
![A pink flower blooming above dead leaves on a forest floor.](https://www.danielharper.org/yauu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_8188-577x1024.jpeg)