This lovely fern is green at Christmas. Its lustrous rich-green tapering leaves, spiny-toothed, holly-like leaflets and evergreen leaves make it a popular Christmas time decoration.
I don’t see it often in the Toronto area but the Sunnybrook forest has many small colonies.



Other botany:

















Park views:






Some birds:








NATURE QUOTE
“There is October in every November and there is November in every December. All seasons melted in each other’s life.” – Mehmet Murat ildan
Miles Hearn
Thanks for these wonderful pictures, Miles!