Everyone
experiences Spring differently depending on where they live. Here in Western
Massachusetts the seasons are, as usual, being
obstinate.
Winter
still hangs on with thirty degree temps at night, and Spring is being annoyingly shy. Silly behavior considering how welcome she
will be. If parades and noise makers would do the trick, we'd strike up the
marching bands in a heartbeat.
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| Our arbor still looks like an illustration out of Edward Gorey. |
The forsythia is only beginning to bud, and the phlox is still grey with winterkill. Nevertheless, in my world the signs are subtle, but they're there if you know what to look for.
Outside the YMCA, the piles of mulch have grown to epic proportions.
serving three houses - is molting bits
and pieces of itself thanks to the town
snow plows.
The deer have begun work on the
new buds as they appear.
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| Note the neatly (deer) clipped ends of the hydrangea. |
Our wood pile is dwindling.
And the spring run-off has created the
yearly temporary brook through our
woods.
There are also the more traditional signs:
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| Literally the only bloom in the yard. |
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| A baby hosta? I can never remember what's in the garden from one year to the next. |
But we're not quite there yet:
The blue sky in your first picture is the right color, too. Warmer. Not much, but warmer.
ReplyDeleteYes, Joanne - the blue sky was glorious, if short-lived!
DeleteLooks similar to my part of Michigan, except that I have not seen a flower, and the snow in the yard is GONE.
ReplyDeleteI should look at a map once in a while. We may be of the same general longitude. Although you might have the delightful "lake effect" phenomenon going on.
DeleteThis is a lovely look of the positive signs of spring up your way. Thanks for sharing them with us :)
ReplyDeleteGreat description of spring being reluctant. It will come.
ReplyDeleteHopefully some time before July. Why has this year's winter felt so long?
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