A Real Spring Day--Finally!

Today started like a day in March but has ended like an April day.  I picked up my neighbors at the airport this morning.  They flew home from Hawaii after spending 10 weeks of the winter in a tropical paradise.  They couldn't believe how drab it was here as we drove down I-91 south toward Hartford.  They could find only the willows and--just today--the maples providing color in the woodlands bordering Route 2 toward East Hampton.  Even the evergreens to them seemed a shade of black or brown.  After all, they are used to birds-of-paradise and hibiscus, not our dead grasses (which offer a faint tint of color and some texture) and fallen limbs (at least they are horizontal or diagonal rather than vertical).  I was so excited to see that my daffodils had bloomed between my leaving at 10 a.m. and my return at 1 p.m.  When I told them the daffodils bloomed to greet them, they looked at me with pity--and hurried into the house because they were not wearing coats.  Ah, New England!  At least they will get to see the whole show from this day forward. There is really only one in full bloom...

King Alfred Daffodils