Sunday, April 15, 2007

Dogwood Winter


Late in the evening on Good Friday, snow began to fall.
Saturday morning, the white blooms of the dogwoods
found accompaniment in the white of the ground.
The tulips, still bright, drooped sadly.
The local apple crop was destroyed,
as blooms were nipped by the cold...
something that hasn't happened since around 1955.
This wouldn't seem so odd if we'd gotten
any significant snow during the winter.
It all seems to be coming in spring,
when everything has budded and bloomed.
Snow forecasts again for tonight....
The locals tell me that we still may have blackberry winter
yet ahead.



1 comment:

Stephen said...

"Blackberry winter"? Is that when all phone lines are down so you have to use your blackberry to communicate with the rest of the world? ;)