spring!

Feathery pink clustered blooms on the currant bushes bobbing in the wind,
hummingbirds and bees flitting around them in search of nectar,
I saw my first butterfly of the season, walking home from Brentwood Park,
Tulips are congregating along the edges of lawns
Daffodils finally beginning to fade away,
Pink snow and bright purple leaves are all that's left of that riotous pink patch of Japanese plums,
The elders are all leafed out in their glossy greens,
Acer macrophylla, our native maples, are blooming with their chartreuse flowers,
The exuberant pink cherries have given way to the statelier bridal white bowers of cherries,
In the backyard, the kale is rampantly bolting in yellow unruly flowers