A portal to a different world

After days of wind and rain keeping us mostly indoors, I decided that I was going to go out for a walk at Lake Katharine today despite the cold, damp weather, and my husband asked me to pick him up at the church office so he could go along--which is how he ended up hiking through the wet, muddy woods in dress shirt, tie, and sport coat. High waters covered the trail and forced us to take detours through the muddy woods at a few spots, but the woods were bursting with colorful spring  blossoms and the air was alive with birds singing and spring peepers peeping, a refreshing respite from our usual confinement.
 

Great spurred violets.

Trilliums!

 

Muddy trail, but lovely walking among the bluebells.

 

Dutchman's breeches are still holding on.

I don't know what these are.

Foamflower!

We saw one or two jack-in-the-pulpits blooming, but more coming up.

Fun fungus!

Yellow violets were everywhere.

More foamflower.

Best-dressed hiker in the woods. (We were the only hikers in the woods.)

Like a portal to a different world.