Today Katie, Emma, Chas and I went on a drive looking to see what we could find in bloom. The most obvious were the many daffodils in bloom. We also saw a magnolia tree in bloom (although not the kind that you think of when you think of the South but a relative of that one ... I have seen it grow in Utah but I don't know exactly what kind it is ... there is a really pretty one on Highland drive in between 45ooS and 39ooS that blooms end of April beginning of May). We saw a bush with yellow flowers that I also don't know the name of but which is also an early bloomer in Maine (although in Maine it is blooming in May not February!). We saw many trees/bushes that are in the rose family. We saw lots of pansies which perhaps had been in bloom all winter. We also saw a lot of red maple trees in flower. I recognized them right away from watching Spring come alive in Maine. The picture below is one that I looked up on the web to verify that what we were seeing was indeed a red maple. And finally, perhaps one of the prettiest blooms was the apricot tree right in Dan & Crystal's front yard!
Even though Spring comes much earlier here it was fun to go out and search for and discover the early signs of Spring like I had so much fun doing when I was living in Maine!
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I like spring, its nice to see things coming to life again. We are somewhere between spring and winter. As little Davey pointed out, it looks like winter in our front yard and spring in our back yard. We still have have over 2 feet of snow in our front yard, and its almost gone in the back yard. Its amazing the difference between the southern facing backyard and the northern facing front yard.
beautiful Kris ...
funny i was out doing the same thing in Maryland today. Got my feet good and muddy. Guess we are all ready to be back in the great outdoors. Go away winter!
Spring is the best season of the year because that's when everything comes to life ... or maybe summer is best because that's when vegetables and fruit ripen and we get to canoe on String Lake and water ski on Jackson Lake and hike and fish ... or maybe it's the fall when mother nature paints every hillside with all kinds of color ... or maybe winter is, because of Christmas get-togethers and skiing and golf in Arizona. When you really think about it; if you enjoy life it doesn't much mater what the season is. Life is good!
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