Gray landscapes...even when the sun comes out the many shades of gray that form my vision of winter, linger. The first spring flowers and the early blooming Bradford pear trees pop out to brighten the landscape but their background is still gray. Then, as if overnight, the barren landscape turns into very subtle shades of green. At first it's just a filmy green; Like someone placed a green filter over a black and white landscape. Then it becomes more and more obvious-almost as if the dark shades are being absorbed into the softer greens. And that is what it is-soft gray greens at first. Fifty shades of green.
Within a week, the maple "helicopters' are dangling from the trees and the honeysuckle leaves are opening.....
and then everything begins to announce that it is April in North Carolina and time to renew that glorious feeling that only comes with Spring!
Within a week, the maple "helicopters' are dangling from the trees and the honeysuckle leaves are opening.....
and then everything begins to announce that it is April in North Carolina and time to renew that glorious feeling that only comes with Spring!
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| Crab apple tree |
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| Spring plowing and 50 shades of green |
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| Maple Tree seeds |
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| The wild dogwood under the sycamore |
