wôbaksagenis - spring beauty

“little shirt material”

mkwisaskib wlômpskol

red elder buds

wizôwajapkasis - "little yellow root"

goldthread (coptis trifolia)

n'dalagwôbihlô wajoak wskisigwaniwi

looking toward the mountains in early spring

azigimezi - "low, matted shrub"

trailing arbutus, mayflower, ground laurel (erigaea repens)

buds of one of the earliest spring blossoms showing color in late march

pedgwiskanimenal wji kejegos poniwi
round seeds of rough avens in winter

#poniwi #wantastegok #skanimenal #lôwzowôgan

moonrise over wantastiquet

wlinôgwzo na, nanibôsat
that one is beautiful, the all night walker

peboniwi... wligawi

when it is winter... sleep well

alômôban kiona

the light inside all of us

kolaloka tmakwa - good work beaver!

chakwak wôbanakik

morning in the dawnland

kiona walalmegwzitak

we (inclusive) are the ones who are blessed

wligek

when it is good

winsaskwa awighigan

yellow birch bark message

ali-nkihlôt awasadenak

westward beyond the mountain

sagaskoas wantastegw wajok, sipki penibagosek

ground pine (dendrolycopodium spp) at mt. wantastiquet in late october

nawajihla alômkik alsedawa

stopped for awhile inside the earth to listen and learn

azwaha wajoak alinôgwak: ntôwipla, mômanni

changing the way the mountains appear: they are patient, very gently

N'daibna iodali, atowiwi

Here we are, together in time and space

padholatagwôgwo - "they bring the autumn"

new england aster (symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

kipiwikizosôgan - “woods sunflower”

woodland sunflower (helianthus divaricatus)

adatomenakwam - "leaning together (?) berry bush"

wild raisin (viburnum nudum)

nokimskiko - “soft grass”

cotton grass, actually a type of sedge - (eriophorum virginicum)

wanibagol salônakwamak kaksatstak

leaves of staghorn sumac are scarlet-colored

pakwaaloskw - arrowhead plant

broadleaf arrowhead, duck potato (sagitarria latifolia)

wskiagbalam - young bullfrog

(lithobates catesbeianus)

gizospenak - “sun root”

jerusalem artichoke (helianthus tuberosus)

tolbawôdeb pskwasawônal - turtlehead flowers

turtlehead (chelone glabra)

mkwihlasipskwasawôn - "opening one like a red flyer"

cardinal flower (lobelia cardinalis)

pezgahlôgwihlôk nebesis - twilight at the pond