The tulip tree, in full bloom...
This tree and its blooms just make me crazy happy.
The blossoms only last a few days, sometimes a week.
And a strong breeze, or a spring rain will bring them all to the ground.
But for a brief moment, it is glorious.
"Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay."
-- Robert Frost
