SPRINGTIME 2022, Week 10: Finally, the green is coming back! Here are my two usual views of the pond and fire pit. Like last week it's a gray and cloudy day, but the leaves are bright green and filling out rapidly. The ground cover is popping up all over and growing so fast that by next week the hill we live on will be all green.

Even the dogwood tree I feared was dead seems to be slowly -- ever so slowly -- recovering. It's hard to see in this picture, but the buds have begun to open. Perhaps by next week we'll see some flowers and/or leaves begin to show.

Here's a view of the pond. The green is dramatic from just last week. There's still a little bit of fleshing out (top left) to come in the hardwoods, but that's about it. Our house at the top of the stair is now just barely visible. We still have a view of the pond, since from our porch it's below the tree canopy but from down on the pond it's hardly visible.

The final colors at the pond. I don't know what the tree/bush is, but it flowered last week in brilliant orange. Unfortunately it didn't last and the flowers are already dropping off. There were several such in the dense growth that is on the back side of the pond

Until next week....