maple flowers

The maple trees are blooming.  When the first blossoms on this variety Acer rubrum appear, they are golden; they become red in just a few days.  Once the seeds form they remain red in extreme contrast to the leaves that open gold and become green.

forsythia

early springtime

The warm winter continues!

Trees are budding, tulips tiptoeing up through the mulch, and shrubs are sprouting blossoms. Robins have arrived to demonstrate their usual exuberance at the bathing bowl.