Two fiddleheads of Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides). Abstract appearance, as if the pair were dancing.

Fiddleheads are the curled fronds of ferns found in the spring. This species is a Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides).

A baldder snail (Physella acuta) feeds on the algae and decaying plant matter in the pond shallow. Raleigh, North Carolina.