When grass is anything but simple

Frozen growth
Dryden, ON
December 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram

It only looks simple, a straight-on view of grasses and trees, a two-dimensional scene that could have been captured just about anywhere.

But the longer we look, the more we see. The ghost-like hoar frost betraying the bitter cold, the thinly curved blades of grass defying the elements, the thick branches underneath the canopy, supporting it all. It’s a flash frozen landscape with the colour seemingly sucked out of it.

Yet there’s a delicate dance playing out here, a story of life playing out in a place seemingly hostile to it. A story visible only to those who choose to observe it.

So we stand in the biting cold, the winds singing songs in our ears and slapping us in the face, and we do just that.

Because life, apparently, is less simple than it first appears. And our stories often take their sweet time to be told.

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