The first days of spring, when everything is about to pop, are my favorite. There is color but still transparency. Magic. Use only your eyes, leave memory and expectation for another time. This is a fleeting vision. Today you see it, tomorrow you don't. Today you don't see it, tomorrow you will.
I prefer walking in an open wood. Fall, winter and spring. Summer closes the vista, sometimes to inches, barely feet. Today.. yesterday.. I can still look into the woods and see the contour of the land. The sound I hear, I can see to be a squirrel. Next week, I'll wonder.
Because I know this season has nearly ended, almost as soon as it began, I've upped my hiking to 3-4 miles. I'll need to carry this time with me until autumn. I don't bushwhack as often in summer, too many briars, thick undergrowth, already mosquitoes. Yesterday I took as many side trails as I could manage before Chris (who has taken to walking with me occasionally) and my thighs complained. This is hilly terrain.
Exiting a wooded trail, we came to an open field of spurge, its musty odor reaching us before the view. I'd have expected dandelions, so much gold!
I apologize for the picture quality. It was warm and I slipped only my cell phone into my back pocket, no room for a camera.
Back at home, the finches have brought their own bit of color.
That was yesterday.. the world around me gold. Today, not so. I'm just now back from walking. Green is the color….
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7 responses to “color me gold”
I know just what you mean about the colors in early spring. The maple buds are my absolute favorite and they only last for a couple of days before they turn into yellow pollen all over my car – and everything else.
The coltsfoot is showing gold around here …soon the canopy will be open!
3-4 miles! woot!
Great photos. I love that chartreuse-y yellow/green. Field mustard is like that too and love to see it. As a kid it was interspersed with bright red poppies covering acres and acres of fields. The forsythia blooms are waning. My sweet birches have popped a whole bunch of catkins all over before spewing their yellow pollen this week. This morning they had no leaves and this afternoon they do. Spring has quickened its pace. I long for it to slow down now so i can take it all in. Savor it. The hills sides are coloring up beautifully and my cherry tree started to bloom today. The dark gray sky is a perfect backdrop for all that pink.
I love the day when everything starts to leaf out, and suddenly the world is 9000 different shades of green…
We had a pair of goldfinches at the feeder the other day; when I was younger they flocked to the feeder. I believe these are the first I’ve seen in over a year…
Good luck with the hiking. I’m hoping the weather clears for the weeekend; we’ve been stuck inside with only about three decent days all spring (two were last weekend!).
Lovely post! Love the description of the transparency.
Oh man – how much I would love to walk with you!!