Sunday, May 8, 2016

Maidenhead Ferns & Nature

a fern discovered today
delicate leaves grow in a semi-circle

maidenhead fern with black stems

 wild geranium

 covering a hillside

 mayapple again
a marvelous find

 white trillium in a bog

white violets on a hillside

 some folks have never seen
 the wondrous mysteries of nature

immersion in nature
provides solace and reverence 
hope of good for today 
and the future.

13 comments:

  1. Sublime.
    Maiden hair is something I cannot grow. Too dry? It seems to turn up its toes v quickly. Others succeed, but not me.
    Love the magic of nature. The healing magic.

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  2. Hi Elephant's Child, thanks, these are growing wild I think our dry hill here would not grow them either. these were growing on a north facing hillside with seep springs along the top.

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  3. I love seeing your photos of the wild flowers and woods around your house. Things kind of stalled here with our stretch of cold rainy weather. We may actually have sunny days this week!
    Fiddle head ferns and morel mushrooms are in our local market. Sauteed and served with lemon butter....yum!

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    1. Hi Suzi, thanks, oh one of my dreams is to one day to eat the morel and the fiddleheads; none at our market here, maybe in Asheville, might be worth a trip, oh and the lemon butter would be perfect.

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  4. You have some lovely wild flowers around you... we have a similar Maiden Hair fern here in Australia with the black stems... I like because the new leaves are pink. Your white violet is unusual too.

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    1. Hi Anna, thanks, when I saw the white violet I thought of you and your violet plate. I have never seen a white violet and I almost passed it by but at closer inspection I saw the leaves indeed showed they were violots.

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  5. I love wild ferns. I don't seem to have any around here. When I was in NH I liked to add some fronds to flower arrangements.

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    1. Hi Michele, thanks, these semi circle maidenhead ferns I have never seen till the other day, they were beautiful and so delicate. Ferns are great in a flower arrangement.

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  6. I seldom see trillium. How beautiful.

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    1. Hi Joanne, thanks, the north side of the hills are filled with the trillium. I saw one that was really bright pink but it was too far away to take a good photo.

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  7. Oh how lovely! It's like taking a walk with you in the woods. Spring blooms are so inspiring.

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    1. Hi Barbara, thanks, on the woods are such a treat around here much different than the west coast woods I used to traipse around in.

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  8. Oh, we hope to get to Brasstown Bald in June, and your photos are making me want to go right now!

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