2024 · Film Photography/FM2
St. Thomas, Ontario
In October 2024,
we visited Elevated Park in St. Thomas.
Autumn had just begun to settle in.
The landscape was changing —
not fully golden yet,
not fully green anymore.
Some plants had already dried into brittle browns,
while others still held onto their deep summer green.
It felt like a quiet in-between season.
This teasel caught my eye.
Curled. Spiked. A little rough.
And yet strangely elegant.
Nothing about it tried to be beautiful,
but it was.
Film has a way of holding these small, overlooked moments —
the textures, the light, the softness around the edges.
Not the grand view of the park,
but one wild stem standing alone,
still graceful as it fades.
A small reminder
that beauty doesn’t disappear with time —
it simply changes its shape.