The Ferns

This a photograph of the gorgeous fern bank between the front yard and the street. Every year it amazes me how beautiful they are when they emerge in the spring - I forget over the winter how wonderful they look when they come up. There is something mystical and primeval about them, when the light is right. I was thinking of photographing them this morning in the early light of day, but I forgot. So I rediscovered them near the end of the day, with spotty sunlight coming through the trees and leaving patches of sun in the street as well.