Photo Friday: Hope Springs

The calendar tells me its spring. Yet, it’s still below freezing. My giant candy canes are trapped in solid iciness and refuse to be tugged free.

I see signs that the earth believes it will be warm soon.

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Daffodils stretch fingerlings out of the dried leaves.

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Bleeding Heart poke red noses out of the frozen ground.

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Barberry shields new growth from the snow.

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I do believe I see buds on the dogwood. The earth knows. I hope.

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