Friday, March 2, 2012

fiddle head


fiddle head friends
where are you found?
fireflies tell, you are close to the ground

wee little people
in mushroom caps
play tiny fiddles, feet crossed, taking naps

fiddle head fiddle head
where can you be?
the first of march
and I am longing to see...

fiddle head, O fiddle head
alone up in the wood
tiny dearest spring plant
unfurling something good



6 comments:

  1. The ivy in your header shot is magnificent, lg! And I love your ode to the fiddlehead. They are such curiously cool plants!

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  2. Talon~ And I had such trouble shooting these...I was 'falling' down the hill.

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  3. I don't think I've ever seen an actual fiddlehead fern in person. It's beautiful!

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  4. Lynn~ They only uncurl in the early spring so if you miss this stage, you 'done missed' them!
    :-)

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  5. Like the drawings, like the photos! I can almost see them unfurling!

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Lois Nancy

This artwork is my mother's. It touches my heart.    (So gentle.)   A thoughtful depiction of something sweet, tiny, and cute.   'Wa...