War and Peace

I am a willow of wilderness,

Loving the wind that bent me. All my hurts

My garden spade can heal. A woodland walk,

A quest of rivers grapes, a mocking thrush,

A wild rose or a rock-loving columbine

Salve my wounds.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson Musketquid

Baby Millar's Lady's Mantle

open wide

backyard lilacs

fairy bonnets

lily of the valley

Tamarack volcanoes

office flowers