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!!!!).
At the bottom of the driveway this tree has silvery fuzzy buds (no, not a willow)
Catkins from last fall still hang, but the knobby bits are swelling
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
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?
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.