The Colors Of Spring

As you go about your daily travels, just look around you and see all of the variety of colors of the
budding trees.  I don't think most people really 'see' these pastels. (click to enlarge)

I've mentioned it before.  Autumn is my favorite time of the year.  Not just for the obvious emergence of the intense beauty of the changing foliage, but also it is the beginning of the season of cool nights and warm days.  Autumn is like nature taking a deep, cleansing breath from the stresses of the hot summer to get ready for the cold winter.

Spring is my second favorite season.  The explosion of new and renewed, not the ‘in your face’ brilliant colors of autumn, but the subtle pastels of the newly budding trees.  Spring is a more subtle season which seems to creep in a day at a time.

In the area of the United States in which I live, I now see yellow daffodils breaking through the hard, frozen ground in late January.  It used to be in February, but they've been early now for the past several years.  The first sign that warmer and more colorful days are ahead. Seemingly next on the list are the yellow flowers of the forsythia bush.  Before you know it, everywhere you look, it seems, the deciduous trees with their oranges, yellows, burgundies, pinks and lime greens, are budding out. Then come the cherry, pear and dogwood blossoms. Perennial flowers start to bloom.  Tulips, wisteria, azaleas and all the rest.  There are way too many types of budding and blooming plants to name.  Spring is a gorgeous display of emergence which we can follow along an easy timeline.

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These colors are all around you yet many don't notice.  They go about their daily business oblivious to this marvelous show.  It’s a shame as they are missing quite a nice, albeit, subdued show when compared to fall.  It is a different kind of beautiful than autumn.  Also, it represents a new beginning rather than nearing the end.

Take some time to really look around you.  Whether in the desert Southwest, the rainforests of the Northwest, the plains of the Midwest, the deciduous forests of the Northeast or the Low Country of the Southeast, stop and enjoy this show that nature provides for us free of charge.

Enjoy a few additional spring photos.

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BONUS: For all of you railfans, see, even the locomotives are dressed for spring with their pastel yellows! 

It's been a while since I posted any railroad themed images.  So I thought I would throw this
one in there for a quick smile. (click to enlarge) 

On a related note, these twenty-five or so green rail cars are filled with garbage.  I don't think most people understand just how much garbage is shipped by rail in this country.  On the east coast, there are multiple trains a day moving garbage from the northeast to the southeast.  Why another state would accept tons and tons of garbage every day from another state is beyond me.  Revenue, I suspect.

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Dennis A. Mook  

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