The cherry blossoms and magnolias are nearly gone now. In their place, the redbuds are in full bloom - more fuschia than red - and the dogwoods have, all of a sudden, begun to flower.
This post, from April 14, 2014, shows that the spring blooming is perhaps two weeks earlier this year. In 2015, my post about dogwood and redbud was from April 20, though things were farther along than they are now.
Life has to deal with lots of variability this time of year. Temperatures were in the 70s today, but it will freeze tonight and then top out in the high 40s tomorrow. I noticed this evening that the rhubarb has just begun to come up.
Sometimes, we know, the variability is too much. It's too cold for too long, and the fig trees die back. It's warm too early, coaxing the trees to bud and then get nipped by a bitter cold snap. In the end, there's a certain pattern to spring, but a lot of difference in the details that makes each year unique.
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