Black birch, Upper Turkeyfoot, 5/9/2015 |
"Most trees are beautiful when leafing out, especially the birch. After a storm at this season, the sun comes out and lights up the tender expanding leaves, and all nature is full of light and fragrance, and the birds sing without ceasing, and the earth is a fairyland."
—Thoreau, 5/17/1852
Next year, when it happens, let us take more notice.