This week these fiddlehead ferns caught my eye. The promise of all that's held in that spiral of unfurling green leaf is exhilarating.
Then I saw my friend's necklace at church the next day.
Recognize the shape? She told me she knew of it as the symbol for "Pachamama," a symbol of the feminine divine or earth mother. I like the name! It is a strong symbol of life force like the fiddle head promises in its furl.