Breathing on the Bull Run Occoquan Trail

Yellow trout lily

I've never been very good at meditating but when I am hiking and taking photographs, I am able to breathe a little more deeply.  The other day, I escaped to a segment of the Bull Run Occoquan Trail in northern Virginia where I could breathe in the bliss of bluebells and other spring ephemerals.   Social distancing--a new and ever present phrase and phenomenon--was much more existent on this trail than in the heart of the city.   A brief but much needed escape.

virginia bluebells

After the cherry blossoms have come and gone, I like to go in search of Virginia bluebells which coat the trails around streams and rivers in Northern Virginia.  The bluebell trail of Bull Run Regional Park is usually a sure thing for these and did not disappoint a few weeks ago.