In a stream valley
![trees and ferns in autumn](/media/posts/pwfp.jpg)
Contrasting textures — bare branches on broadleaf trees, the last of the fall foliage, ferns fading back for winter, and holly trees with green leaves and a growing number of intensely red berries. Upland woods in Prince William Forest Park, near where a stream flows through a shallow valley. (Oct. 24, 2023.)