(as always, click pics to enlarge)
...you do NOT think of this!!!
(Mom and Roger's fireplace getting a rare April workout...)
The cold temperatures came, and in most places they conquered with lows well enough down in the 20s Easter morning to kill new buds/blooms/growth at my sister's home in Tryon, NC...
Her one plant that did fare well, however, was her hardy phlox...
Yet, just 10 or so miles away at Mom's home, the temperature hovered at 30-31 degrees Sunday morning, that pocket or relative warmth sparing her azaleas and other plants, which were mostly already in full bloom. Over 2 decades ago my grandfather planted myriad species of azaleas, which I can only tell you are the 'yellow ones', the 'red ones', the 'large pink ones', etc., most blended in the edge of the yard against the woods, with some striking ones along the house...
Mom also loves to bring the profuse color into the house, which was a nice if not odd contrast to the wintry-like temperatures...
The dogwoods were also adorned in their regalia, though a few had some freeze burns...
Interesting what lighting can do for a shot...the dogwoods above against the cobalt blue sky in direct sunlight...versus the almost painting-like look of the same tree late in the afternoon (below) with the roof of the house blocking the direct sunrays...the lighter blue of the sky almost matching the typical shadowy blue cast of the flowers, making them look almost transparent...
If you didn't have a thermometer and didn't step outside, you would think the balm of spring were running rampant this past Easter weekend...alas, reslient Nature will continue to do what She does best, arise from the frozen ashes where needed....
...you do NOT think of this!!!
(Mom and Roger's fireplace getting a rare April workout...)The cold temperatures came, and in most places they conquered with lows well enough down in the 20s Easter morning to kill new buds/blooms/growth at my sister's home in Tryon, NC...
Her one plant that did fare well, however, was her hardy phlox...
Yet, just 10 or so miles away at Mom's home, the temperature hovered at 30-31 degrees Sunday morning, that pocket or relative warmth sparing her azaleas and other plants, which were mostly already in full bloom. Over 2 decades ago my grandfather planted myriad species of azaleas, which I can only tell you are the 'yellow ones', the 'red ones', the 'large pink ones', etc., most blended in the edge of the yard against the woods, with some striking ones along the house...
Mom also loves to bring the profuse color into the house, which was a nice if not odd contrast to the wintry-like temperatures...
The dogwoods were also adorned in their regalia, though a few had some freeze burns...
Interesting what lighting can do for a shot...the dogwoods above against the cobalt blue sky in direct sunlight...versus the almost painting-like look of the same tree late in the afternoon (below) with the roof of the house blocking the direct sunrays...the lighter blue of the sky almost matching the typical shadowy blue cast of the flowers, making them look almost transparent...
If you didn't have a thermometer and didn't step outside, you would think the balm of spring were running rampant this past Easter weekend...alas, reslient Nature will continue to do what She does best, arise from the frozen ashes where needed....
We now return you to your regularly scheduled spring weather....!
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