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Strange weather we've been having over the weekend. Sunny with 50mph gusts of wind! The weather hasn't been kind to the trees with branches everywhere!
Yellow spring
April gallant was coming, everything full of yellow flowers ... yellow the stream, yellow the path, the hill, the children's cemetery, the orchard where love lived! The sun anointed the world with yellow with its fallen lights; Oh for the golden liros, clear, warm water! The yellow butterflies about yellow roses! Yellow garlands were climbing the trees: the day it was a grace scented with gold in a golden awakening of life ... Among the bones of the dead, God opened his yellow hands. JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ (Spanish poet)
Primavera amarilla
Abril galán venía, todo
lleno de flores amarillas...
amarillo el arroyo,
amarilla la senda, la colina,
el cementerio de los niños,
el huerto aquel donde el amor vivía!
El sol ungía el mundo de amarillo
con sus luces caídas;
¡oh por los liros áureos,
el agua clara, tibia!,
¡las amarillas mariposas
sobre las rosas amarillas!
Guirnaldas amarillas escalaban
los árboles: el día
era una gracia perfumada de oro
en un dorado despertar de vida...
Entre los huesos de los muertos,
abría Dios sus manos amarillas.
JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ
(poeta Español)
Spring has apparently decided to hold back the reigns for a while in the Foothills. We've been graced with two days and nights of nonstop snow. Meanwhile, Marg's little garden projects are on temporary hold, awaiting whatever little embellishments she decides to apply. I suspect there will be some flowers in those pots. In fact, I'd bet on it.
Nevada City CA
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From the archives...
not sure exactly what type of tree this was in bloom up at Warminster Community Park, but the pale pink flowers certainly looked lovely against the blue sky.
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Es grünt und sprießt nach den ausführlichen Regenfällen der letzten Wochen - hier ein Farn im Friedrichsgrund am Dresdner Elbtalhang bei Pillnitz
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This is a much photographed spot in Whitehall, Texas. But, as it was my first visit, it was a new capture for me. When spring arrives, you have to get out and about if you can. The hot summer is waiting over the horizon.
Yashino cherry blossoms in my yard. Many thanks to Flickr friend virginiarose for the ID. This tree was here when we bought our house and is beautiful!!!
As is the "new" normal...it was nearly 80F today after being in the low 40s yesterday....
Vistula river, Tyniec, Cracow [this photo received over 12,000 views and over 200 faves - thank you all! I really appreciate this]
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from Wikipedia...
A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster, with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated (anemophilous) but sometimes insect pollinated (as in Salix). They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged closely along a central stem which is often drooping. They are found in many plant families, including Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Moraceae, and Salicaceae. For some time, they were believed to be a key synapomorphy among the proposed Hamamelididae, but it is now believed that this flower arrangement has arisen independently by convergent evolution on a number of occasions.
In many of these plants only the male flowers form catkins, and the female flowers are single (hazel, oak), a cone (alder) or other types (mulberry). In other plants (such as poplar) both male and female flowers are borne in catkins.
Catkin-bearing plants include many other trees or shrubs such as birch, willow, hickory, sweet chestnut and sweetfern (Comptonia), and also some herbaceous plants such as nettle.
The word catkin is derived from the Dutch katje, meaning "kitten", on account of the resemblance to a kitten's tail. Ament is from the Latin amentum, meaning "thong" or "strap".
It was good to have Kohler-Andrae State Park open again after a month of closure. The park is now once more only accessible to those with an annual or daily park sticker. As a result, the crowds have thinned out, people wisely practice social distancing, and garbage no longer litters the park.
Thursday was sunny, the air full of birdsong, and there was much new plant growth after our days of heavy rains. For a moment, life seemed almost back to normal in these trying times. I hope that you have a similar place where you can go as well. It does make a difference in outlook.