death wish

[piranha]

processed for greater contrast.

i've never seen these shrubs bloom so early, and they're bound to die in our february snow-and-ice storm. it was a very spring-like day, and it fit that we'd see the first blossoms of the year, but it still made me kinda sad.

Comments

[cuscuta]

Viburnum? Crazy. But they'll probably be OK if it doesn't happen year after year.

Everything is coming up here. It feels like March. Creepy.

[piranha]

yeah, i am not sure -- i'll need to find my pictures of these from last year. the shrubs will be ok, i expect, just the blooming might be less splendid when actual spring comes.

it _is_ slightly creepy, isn't it? maybe because spring is such a great time for me, being the end of winter, and this is just faking it.

[jesse_the_k]

the only good news is how common the false-spring phenom is; happens every year here in zone 5 (ZOMG, we just got upgraded to zone 4! climate change!)

anyway, there's an abundance of buds so that the death of the brave first responders doesn't harm the overall health of the tree.

[(Anonymous)]

That's a particularly beautiful photo. Nicely done!

[submarine_bells]

That anonycomment was mine; I didn't realise I'd been logged out until after I posted it.