946. beware!


morning sun
filtering thru the leaves
pretty poison
*
it’s everywhere
down in the ground up in the air
beware!





Poison ivy likes to climb. It’s thick hairy roots, hugging the trunks of trees and sending out short branches of leaves hanging down. This climbing system was alive not only with leaves but also tight clusters of tiny green flower buds. I hadn’t known that poison ivy could flower.