Today was the day of a medical test so anxiety provoking and potentially unpleasant that it would be better to just say that I had it and it wasn't as bad as I feared, although I still won't get the results for about a week. I was asked to take it very easy for the rest of the day, and that wasn't difficult advice to follow, since the weather was chilly and misty and about all I could do was nap. However, before I headed to the doctor's office, I did manage a quick walk to the backwoods and there, I noticed something quite wonderful, maybe even inspiring. The Cinnamon Ferns are starting to unfurl, and they're being joined in coming back to life by a carpet of emerging Canada Mayflower leaves. I'll take this as a sign that I'll emerge from all this angst in good shape... and unfurl with the rest of the perennials.