Just for fun.

Cinnamon fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) fiddlehead

 

Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) fiddlehead

 

Emerging fern

 

Emerging fern

 

Poppy bud

 

 

The first photo is a cinnamon fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum), and I believe the second is a royal fern (Osmunda regalis).  The next two are nameless in evidence of the weakness of my skills in fern identification and taxonomy.  The final picture is a poppy from my yard.