against a wall of green

yes, my world has greened. everything is almost completely leafed out. the ferns are already waist high, and yet, this over-wintered burdock is what caught my attention today. after nine years of taking daily photos, struggling to find subjects for five cold months of the year when our ground is blanketed in snow, i still continue to be drawn to these spare, sculptural stems, even when the earth is offering me an abundance of other choices. when the green of late spring and summer reach peak density, it actually gets hard for me to see any one of them individually. it’s just one wall of green. and so, burdock burrs, my annoyingly constant winter companions, suddenly catch my eye again. hello there. i forgot how handsome you were…

over-wintered burdock stem