True Seeing is Within

I take many photos and life is so busy at times that I end up with images that I don't get a chance to really look at until a good deal of time has passed. That is the case with these two. My daughter and I had taken a drive up the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Peaks of Otter Lodge. We walked the path that travels along the pond and into the woods. It's a wonderful way to enjoy a bit of nature when you may not have the time or be up for a hike. The "sea of ferns" that we came upon in the woods stopped us in our tracks. It was lovely and that beautiful new green of spring that made our eyes happy after months of winter.

“After all, the true seeing is within.” ― George Eliot, Middlemarch

A Sea of Ferns 

This patch of ferns made me think of a spot behind my aunt's house where I would sit as a child, a book in my hand and my dog only a whistle away.