On this Arbor Day, one of my favorite sights of spring: Small, delicate leaves growing from tree branches that have been bare for the past five months.
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Sprouting snowdrops
I’m feeling grateful for signs of spring, like snowdrops sprouting out of ground that still has patches of snow.
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A little bit of autumn, frozen in time.
Prairie grass
Oxeye daisies
Wild geraniums
Went on a hike and these purple beauties were sprouting up all along the trail.
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The trees in southern Wisconsin aren’t green yet, but look close, they will be soon.
Spring has not been canceled
A pandemic can stop a lot of things, but not Spring. Saw these snow drops while out on a walk yesterday.
Emerging pussy willows
Since I’ve been working from home for almost two weeks now, I’m trying to get out of the house everyday. At the very least, that means a good walk around the neighborhood. When I was out today and saw these pussy willows in the process of emerging, I thought of them as a metaphor for our current situation.
Right now, most of us are in a social distancing “winter.” Someday that season will end, we will emerge from semi-isolation, and live our normal lives again. Until then, we have this pussy willow to help us remember it will not be forever.
“Painted” lily
I thought the colors and patterns of this blackberry lily (also known as a leopard lily) looked like they were painted on.