azwaha wajoak alinôgwak: ntôwipla, mômanni changing the way the mountains appear: they are patient, very gently

N'daibna iodali, atowiwi Here we are, together in time and space

padholatagwôgwo - "they bring the autumn" new england aster (symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

kipiwikizosôgan - “woods sunflower” woodland sunflower (helianthus divaricatus)

adatomenakwam - "leaning together (?) berry bush" wild raisin (viburnum nudum)

nokimskiko - “soft grass” cotton grass, actually a type of sedge - (eriophorum virginicum)

wanibagol salônakwamak kaksatstak leaves of staghorn sumac are scarlet-colored

pakwaaloskw - arrowhead plant broadleaf arrowhead, duck potato (sagitarria latifolia)

wskiagbalam - young bullfrog (lithobates catesbeianus)

gizospenak - “sun root” jerusalem artichoke (helianthus tuberosus)

tolbawôdeb pskwasawônal - turtlehead flowers turtlehead (chelone glabra)

mkwihlasipskwasawôn - "opening one like a red flyer" cardinal flower (lobelia cardinalis)

pezgahlôgwihlôk nebesis - twilight at the pond

sagapezagwdamen - “ground blackberry” dewberry (rubus flagelleris)

pkuwiimakw (munsee) > pakwimakw (possible abenaki) “arrow wood/stick” joe-pye weed (eutrochium maculatum) named in honor of mahican sachem & medicine person shauquethquat, also known as Joe Pye

mskodalek wlôgwiwi the meadows in the evening

natami adebakwa pskwasawôn kikonek, chakwa first bean flower in the garden, this morning

ôpkweskak - solomon’s seal “what is jointed” (polygonatum biflorum)

sazôbakwhôzik - boneset "it goes through the leaf" (eupatorium perfoliatum)

Ôwdi kpiwik - forest trail

mamijôla - “always eating with tongue one” a [monarch] butterfly (danaus plexippus)

mamaska - a toad american toad (anaxyrus americana)

pagimenal - "[hard to] smash nuts" bitternut/yellowbud hickory (carya cordiformis)

pikwôganisal - “little horns” american honeysuckle (lonicera canadensis)

pskwasawônisegweskimen - “opening one + broken up berry” flowering raspberry (rubus odoratus)

kchipenak - "great edible root" canada lily (lilium canadense)

kskimokas - "numb maker" slender blue flag (iris prismatica)

nisipskwatawa - "twin/two flower" - english: twinflower (linnaea borealis)

wlôwigen wôwaniwalaga- "it is a blue eggshell"

pidhinbaga kwahliwi oniganek - "inlet near the carrying place" - aləwáhkikakti - "gray seal place"/vinalhaven, penobscot bay

azibis - milkweed - “little sheep” in reference to the down of the seed pods to come (asclepias syriaca)

topoihla - bunchberry - “white frost” (cornus canadensis)

wakwôdes - "shut in person" - snail, on a morning foray

mskikoiminkas - little grass berry (strawberry) maker moon

mkazasaskibimen - black elderberry (sambucus nigra)

mosílalo (penobscot - moose tongue) > bluebead lily, clintonia borealis in western abenaki, mozilalo is used for dogtooth violet, erythronium americanum > perhaps these may be interchanged

ahamoakesen ala migwenakesen hen’s moccasin or feather moccasin abenaki have not retained a word for this native orchid, however passamaquoddy kin use wiphulakson/feather moccasin for both pitcher plant and moccasin flower, and abenaki do retain ahamoakesen/hen’s moccasin for pitcher plant, so....

nebisibs kizi w'dalômtasi kipakik sibosisek a waterbird has made tracks on the shore by the brook

wlôgwihlas adalihlait "evening flyer" - "where one goes to grow" hermit thrush nest

alnôbaimolôgwimenal kizatawa wild grapes are blooming

it's not a "battle" or a "fight" against climate change... the violence IS the problem. a more effective response is the way of kinship and compassion.

wôbtegwakamigwzo spôzibi nebisisek the goose family eats breakfast by the pond

skweda - nebi - aki - awan fire - water - earth - air wantastegok

wskiagwôdawas young hemlock reishi ganoderma tsugae

odamôkikonek chakwa at the tobacco garden this morning

tkinôganis - little cradle board jack-in-the-pulpit (arisaema triphyllum)

n’dai sibosis pôntegok chakwa being with the brook waterfall this morning

tmakwak ôwdi kanwa ôda lesakwôganek! a beaver trail but not a bridge!

agwodawasak pamgisgak mushrooms of today

kôwakwimen pskwatawal - gooseberry blossoms