i take at least one photo of maple blossoms every year for still blog. the blossoms above have arrived just about one month early. it feels like being seduced by a very handsome man who you know is a player. you can’t help but give in to all of the good feelings, but you know he’s going to break your heart. i’m taking warm, sunny walks every day with my elated dog, who has been liberated from the corner of the couch where he has spent too much of the past winter. but it’s either going to snow a foot between now and april, and the buds that follow these blossoms will suffer. or it won’t snow again, and this will be the earliest spring in recorded history. which is both seductive and chilling. not that kind of chilling.

silver maple blossoms

minneapolis, minnesota