Gowan attended the reunion of families with Scottish roots to trace their shared heritage.

We walked through the meadow and picked a handful of gowans to press between the pages of a book.

A child picked a single gowan from the grass and tucked it behind her ear.

In the late afternoon, the gowaned hillside shimmered like a golden carpet.

The Gowans gathered at the village green to celebrate the harvest.

We spent the afternoon lying on a gowany hillside, watching the bees move among the flowers.

After years of cleanup efforts, the Gowanus Canal is finally showing signs of ecological recovery.