Thank you. They certainly have that fragile, baby-bird-like quality to them. I never noticed that before, although when I was young I used to think that they should turn into miniature, chipmunk-like creatures! Cheers.
Unusually for us, we have managed to miss the storms sweeping in from the west! We are creeping more steadily into the + numbers, now. 10 cm? Yikes! Stay warm, Allan.
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Beautiful! For some reason they make me think of baby birds 🙂
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Thank you. They certainly have that fragile, baby-bird-like quality to them. I never noticed that before, although when I was young I used to think that they should turn into miniature, chipmunk-like creatures! Cheers.
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It’s amazing that those puffy objects will turn into leaves.
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Right? They look like they should turn into small fuzzy creatures of some type.
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So nice to see these open. They are in arrested development here right now. Another 10 cm snow yesterday and overnight. Happy Wednesday Lynette. Allan
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Unusually for us, we have managed to miss the storms sweeping in from the west! We are creeping more steadily into the + numbers, now. 10 cm? Yikes! Stay warm, Allan.
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Call me crazy, but I’ve lost track of what those soft buds become… Hmm…
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These are a type of willow, but I think there are other tree types with the fuzzy leaf pods.
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Yes! That rings bells.
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They’ve been a long time coming! (And your Like button is gone…?)
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Oh boy, definitely yes. So weird, I can see the like button! WP can be very strange sometimes.
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It doesn’t show for me.
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I’m going to let the “happiness engineers” know about it.
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Thanks.
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I love these little guys. They are so soft and fuzzy.
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Yes, they’re so pretty and another great sign of spring!
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Awwwww…so delicate!..looks like some tiny baby bird will come out of it.
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Yes, they do look that way. They are so cute; spring is so great!
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Indeed
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