Fashionably late? No thanks, not this year!
It was the star magnolias that did it. Sure, I’d been noticing signs of spring for a few weeks, but I hesitated before calling it “spring.” Mother nature has a history of throwing us some, shall we say, unfortunate setbacks this time of year…and I, being how I am, don’t like to think I’m dealing with one thing when really it could be something else…
But last week on an afternoon walk I decided it was official. The grass is vibrantly green, tulips are everywhere, and the forsythias are bursting. The aforementioned star magnolia trees are beyond gorgeous, certainly not winter parading about in spring’s clothing. So there we have it, spring, and it came a month early: love it! This week, I feel like I could take a whole new set of photos: trees have leaves! fiddleheads are unfurling! boats are in the harbor, and schooner crews are here, already working on the pre-season punchlists.
And because I cannot resist a corny pun lately, I’ll end by saying there’s certainly an extra spring in everyone’s step this year…
-Elizabeth
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