double coat

topcoat, tawny bush,

thins to gray grass gaps beneath–

meadow’s vernal fur

I was driving through Logan canyon west of Bear Lake, Utah, in late April, when I spotted a clearing beside the river. The bushes and the grass beneath them both looked furry to me, and the contrast in size and texture reminded me of how some animals grow a double coat each winter, then shed it in the spring.

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Tagged: bushes, fur, grass, river, spring, undergrowth