Defying the Cold
February 23, 2019
Two full days into Spring, crocuses stand defiant against a last blast of winter.
The sun, riding a higher arc in the sky, brings heat to the soil, and dormant Spring bulbs are stimulated to grow. These flowers, the early season crocuses, are always first to make their appearance, and usually have at least one snowstorm to deal with before their beauty fades.
There have been years where, in late Winter, one day it's almost 70 degrees and the next there is a heavy snowstorm. Somehow, these delicate harbingers of Spring have a fine-tuned method of surviving through the season's hot and cold.
(a "Macro Mondays" submission, theme "Hot or Cold" HMM!)
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2019
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
No use without permission.
Please email for usage info.
Defying the Cold
February 23, 2019
Two full days into Spring, crocuses stand defiant against a last blast of winter.
The sun, riding a higher arc in the sky, brings heat to the soil, and dormant Spring bulbs are stimulated to grow. These flowers, the early season crocuses, are always first to make their appearance, and usually have at least one snowstorm to deal with before their beauty fades.
There have been years where, in late Winter, one day it's almost 70 degrees and the next there is a heavy snowstorm. Somehow, these delicate harbingers of Spring have a fine-tuned method of surviving through the season's hot and cold.
(a "Macro Mondays" submission, theme "Hot or Cold" HMM!)
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2019
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
No use without permission.
Please email for usage info.