Just pictures today, to show that spring really IS coming to Maine, despite the fact that snow is on the ground on April 13 (but melting!!!!).
![2011.04.Spring buds001](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011.04.Spring-buds001.jpg)
At the bottom of the driveway this tree has silvery fuzzy buds (no, not a willow)
![2011.04.Spring buds002](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011.04.Spring-buds002.jpg)
Catkins from last fall still hang, but the knobby bits are swelling
![2011.04.Spring buds003](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011.04.Spring-buds003.jpg)
Near the "elbow" in the driveway are six large shrubs of pussy willows. Must cut some to bring in to the house! Daddy always had a vase of pussy willows (dried) in a vase on the old phonograph
![2011.04.Spring buds004](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011.04.Spring-buds004.jpg)
On the eastern side of the propery, this tree is looking crunchy...yes! Don't you just love the delicate tracery in the twigs and branches?
![2011.04.Spring buds005](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011.04.Spring-buds005.jpg)
This tree is trying so hard to flush into green....soon! by mid-May we'll be about halfway leafed out.
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April 18th, 2011 at 8:12 am
Our trees have been budding for a few weeks! It is so great to see the new colors of green appearing!
April 18th, 2011 at 8:43 am
Signs of spring … I’ve been observing the swelling of the leaf bud on the lilac by the driveway. After all the cold we had this winter the lilacs should bloom magnificently — eventually.