In search of a Hawthorn

Sometimes I get it wrong, but then it comes right

In search for a Hawthorn

I started taking Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) in the middle of winter during a period of grief. As it was the first time I had learned of the flower and it’s cardiovascular benefits I had only seen it dried. I began studying digital images of it in hope I might be prepared to recognise its bloom in spring, the time it symbolica…