Another winter is fading fast into beautiful spring in the mountains. It seems like yesterday that we had a snowfall here, an ice storm there, brown everywhere (except for the tough-as-nails evergreen rhododendron and mountain laurel).
Now, the crocuses (shown below), daffodils and forsythia are in bloom, the irises and tulips grow by inches daily and the creeping phlox and hyacinths are getting ready to flower. We look outside and smile as we see trees with red buds on them. Green leaves aren’t far behind.