{"id":21794,"date":"2022-04-02T12:27:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T17:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=21794"},"modified":"2022-04-02T12:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T17:29:44","slug":"sity-spring-has-sprung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=21794","title":{"rendered":"SITY: Spring Has Sprung"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has been chilly out lately, almost enough to convince me that it’s still winter. Yesterday was April 1st, and a snowstorm would have been a good prank, if Mother Nature been in the mood for such things. I guess she wasn’t. We got seasonally appropriate rain showers instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a dry stretch of the day, I went outside to see what signs of spring I might find, and I found quite a few. The maples are blooming. Not that that’s a good thing for me personally (achoo!), but I like the flowers because they’re such a nice shade of red. It’s usually the flowers that have fallen to the ground that alert me to the fact that the trees are blooming. Here, a fallen flower that mimicked the shape of a tree:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fallen Maple Flower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are enough daffodils blooming now that I might pick some today to bring inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daffodils Blooming<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Violets are sprouting all over the place. Dandelions and ground ivy, too. As of yesterday, only the ground ivy had opened any flowers that I noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First Ground Ivy Flower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I found some other interesting tree flowers, though. I will share pictures of them later, as part of a larger post. Spring has indeed sprung, and I hope to find many flowers to write about this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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