Midsummer mountain laurel

 

 

… he followed the bear's trail to … a dense stand of mountain laurel.                       

The mountain laurel is blooming in the woods, putting out scads of white and pale pink flowers.

In Ogin, a ritual hunt ends at a place where the mountain laurel is tall and wide enough for a bear to hide in. None of the mountain laurel bushes I have seen in Ravenswood are anything like that big, but during this time of flower-clusters there is a lot more to them.

The open flower like a candy umbrella o...