Saturday, April 18, 2009

Spring in Minnesota: nature on fast forward


Easter Sunday, most of the landscape was still grey and brown, mud and dry leaves. But the first flowers in bloom I saw were these violets, peeking out. Between then and now, just a few short days, the green world has exploded. One day nothing, the next day: buds on the trees! The forsythia has budded, but the flowers aren't quite out, so I'm sharing this video of forsythia in bloom in anticipation! The bleeding heart plant has sent out a few spindly tendrils. The cat ate his first green grass of the year, and happily disgorged his stomach contents on the rug. Ah, spring!

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