January 11, 2015

Happy Haiga Day!

Last week, on Facebook, Margaret Gibson Simon, who lives in Louisiana, posted a photo of a tree covered with resurrection ferns. I had heard about resurrection ferns, but I knew nothing about them. So, I googled "resurrection fern" and found a lot of fascinating information, which led me to this:


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8 comments:

  1. Gillena CoxJanuary 11, 2015 at 8:50 AM

    nice haiga Diane, just the morning moved one of my ferns to a little sunnier spot, its been under the shade too long

    a happy Sunday to you, thanks for linking in to my Sunday Lime

    much love...

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  2. Margaret SimonJanuary 12, 2015 at 6:44 AM

    AS you know, this poem and image are special to me. I wish you could see it in person. Quite the sight covering the oak tree branches.

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    1. Diane MayrJanuary 12, 2015 at 7:50 AM

      Maybe some day I'll get down your way and see it. I'd sure like to take part in that breakfast zydeco club!

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  3. Irene LathamJanuary 12, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    Love it! (I recently wrote a Dance of the Fiddlehead Fern poem. :)

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    1. Diane MayrJanuary 12, 2015 at 7:51 AM

      Hmm...an anthology of fern poems. A "niche" that probably doesn't need to be filled! ;-)

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  4. Marion EldridgeJanuary 12, 2015 at 4:05 PM

    Love this, Diane. We have a lot of them. So beautiful!

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    1. Diane MayrJanuary 12, 2015 at 5:17 PM

      Wait, what? Where do we have resurrection ferns?

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