before they’re gone

if it keeps snowing like it has been, soon all my winter prairie stems will be buried. so i am grabbing them while i can–even though my attention has already shifted to twigs and branches. i recently made a composition of some of my favorite winter branches, and i was immediately reminded just how much i respond to the minimalist serenity of a singular winter branch. this showy leadplant is fun. but a perfectly sinuous branch tip…that’s something else entirely.

leadplant in winter (Amorpha canescens)