Just plain simple

I mentioned to Alanagh and Molly today as we rolled the back roads that I think that it is the simple things that please me the most. Then I thought: 

What is “simple” about ice flower crystals on a newly frozen pond?

Of  life emerging from an old growth tree guillotined by the rising waters of my beloved Rideau?

Crystal collars around reeds?

Pines growing out of knurled rock? 

Is it simple that Bittersweet is poisonous to us

But songbirds, ruffed grouse, pheasant, and  squirrels eat the fruits?

The mottling of a female mallard’s wing

The male mallard’s emerald sheen 

The lift off of rising flocks? 

The rush of water and the surge of wing?  

These are not simple.

123 is simple.

Ice flower crystals

White Cedar on old growth

Ice mushrooms on reeds

Crystal bells

Lace

White pine

Bittersweet

Female Mallards

Male Mallard's emerald sheen

The lift off