Needles Of The Pines - Missoula, Montana

"If Mother Nature patches 
leaves of trees and vines, 

I'm sure she does her darning 

with the needles of the pines, 

They are so long and slender; 

and somewhere in full view, 

She has her threads of cobweb 

and a thimble made of dew." 

- from Pine Needles by William Hamilton Hayne, (1856-1929), 

included in The Pine-Needle Basket Book By Mrs. M. J. McAfee, 

Originator of Pine-Needle Basketry