13 February 04

Sign Of Spring

almond.jpgThe first fruit tree to blossom here is the almond, long before it leafs out. This tree is in our backyard, and I think its blossoms opened on Wednesday.

But a weak storm has come through today, and it has been overcast with some showers. No astronomy tonight!

Posted by at 08:52 PM in Nature and Place | Link |
  1. Lovely! Make sure you document the changes you see from winter to spring – something we don’t see at this latitude.

    — Jenny    13. February 2004, 22:03    Link
  2. So THAT’S what an almond blossom looks like! How lovely! I believe that in the Old Testament, the almond is referred to as being a symbol of God’s wakeful eye: just as the almond “wakes up” before other trees, God is always watching over his people. And if I were to picture the eye of God, I guess an almond blossom is as beautiful as anything else I could imagine…

    — Lorianne    14. February 2004, 03:45    Link
  3. What this picture can’t convey is the heavenly scent of this tree. Almond blossoms smell like honey. Perhaps they need to attract the bees, to wake them up while it’s still cold. It’s an intoxicating experience, walking past an almond tree in bloom.

    — Pica    14. February 2004, 04:04    Link
  4. Good evening, I connected to here through Jenny’s log. This is really on the passage about writing from February 10. Thank you, I was beginning to wonder if I was the only person who looked at Julia Cameron’s “Artist’s” series and shook his head. I was twenty when I saw someone with the book and then later checked it out. I might have made it through twenty pages before saying, “No. No, I don’t think so, Julie.” Incidentally, in Indiana it’s cold as anything, but last night I noticed the stars out for the first time in a while after a day that lasted longer than many days in the past.

    — Chris Gibson    14. February 2004, 15:22    Link
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