Daffodils

The snow put a fresh breath of life to the awakening spring. It is still February and my daffodils little trompets already lace us the yard with their bright, yellow smiles. The new buds on bushes and trees are ready to open to welcome the upcoming season. The snow filtered the air and colors are much brighter and chattier.

I wish nature could filter people's hearts as it did the air. The world would be so much brighter with a smile on everyone's face. We need to get closer to nature, like our ancestors, to regain our full potentials and live in harmony, peace, acceptance and understanding of each
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Bearded trees

The beautiful, ancient trees show their age in the winter.

Their sagging branches covered with snow bear the weight of nature.

There is silence in the sagging, white bearded branches now.

All the happy chearping and all the new life abandoned the white topped trees.

We are part of nature.



Just as the trees become abandoned so do the elderly when their hair turn white and their strength ebbs.
It is a fascinating, never ending cycle.
From seed to bud, from bud to bloom, from bloom to strong, healthy, colorful flowers which slowly fade, sag back towards the ground.
It is the justice of nature that no one live thing, no matter how beautiful or powerful will escape.

And now Millbrook (AL), where to go and adjacent areas, by Tina's website.

Snowfall and Palm tree.

The big Palm tree that grows in the middle of the downstairs back patio became miraculously white. Palm is a tropical evergreen tree of the family of the palmaceae characteristically having unbranched trunk with a crown of large pinnate or palmate leaves.
In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose all their foliage for part of the year.
A leaf or frond of a palm was carried as an emblem of victory, success or joy. It was indeed a frantic joy to see the long leaves of my palm tree covered with snow. Snow in Millbrook, Elmore County, Alabama can be considered a miracle of nature.
It was so nice to swim in the enclosed, warm water swimming pool and watch the fluffy snow flakes fall all around us through the glass doors, as it covered the ground and whiten the trees and shrubs. It was like living a spectacular dream.