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“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. ”
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The first greens of spring have a tender quality, a tentative yellow paleness born of cool and damp and cloudy days. Even as shoots and fronds and vines and mosses boldly grow, obscuring the muddiness where their roots have rested since autumn, they still haven’t toughened up to their deeper summer tones.
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‘Chartreuse‘ is perhaps too harsh a word to describe this freshest shade of green. ‘Viridescent’ has a bit more sparkle to it. These newest uncurling leaves are the quintessence of naive inexperience; vigorous, pliable, and unblemished.
Their freshness reminds us that the Earth constantly re-news and re-youths itself. Ever full of surprises, the garden allows us to take nothing at face value in April.
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“Spring drew on…and a greenness grew
over those brown beds,
which, freshening daily,
suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night,
and left each morning
brighter traces of her steps.”
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Photos by Woodland Gnome 2019
Many thanks to the wonderful ‘Six on Saturday’ meme sponsored by The Propagator.
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