William (Bill) Armstrong's photos with the keyword: fern

Aptly named fiddlehead ferns that grow along the fence just outside my patio door. After about a week or so the ferns stretch upward and lose that distinctive fiddlehead, so I always set aside some time to capture this lovely sign of spring.

Each spring, for a few brief days, some of the ferns in my garden grow into this distinctive fiddlehead shape before they straighten out and become "regular" ferns. It is a mystery to me as to why some take on the fiddlehead shape, while others do not. I'm content to wait and photograph them each Spring.

A fiddlehead just outside the door leading to my little garden.