2nd Flickr Group-52 Weeks: The 2012 Edition

Topic:Up Close/Macro

The ferns are beginning to come alive. The side of the house looks like a little field of alien beings coming out of these brown pods all over the ground. I love how they are so tightly curled up and how quickly they uncurl. These little guys are called fronds. Jim tells me that some people cook and eat these. Sounds gross to me!

Here's another, just a little more uncurled.