31 July 2024 (royal ferns)

royal ferns . . .

the river’s flow

barely visible

3 June 2024 (bracken ferns)

bracken ferns . . .

a gob of fish flesh glistens

on the riverbank

26 August 2023 (a stone wall)

a stone wall has failed

to contain the forest

interrupted ferns

10 May 2023 (frost advisory)

frost advisory . . .

the furry fiddleheads

of interrupted ferns

11 May 2022 (unfurling ferns)

unfurling ferns . . .

a pair of flicker feathers

flags the trail

21 July 2021 (wet)

rain then fog

ferns sweep their wet

across my bare legs

21 April 2021 (kinglet)

sweet song of a kinglet

along the riverbank

fiddleheads emerging

6 June 2020 (ferns)

hay-scented ferns

a host of white moths

rising as we pass

13 May 2020 (ferns)

upriver

unfurling ferns

flag the path

15 December 2019 (ferns)

winter rain

the persisting green

of Christmas ferns

3 October 2019 (granite)

pink granite

only recently sprouting

with ferns