Today is an indecisive day: gray and drizzly in the morning, with the sun coming out intermittently while it continued to mist, as if the devil weren’t completely committed to beating his wife.
I intended to photograph the fiddleheads in our front yard, but they’ve already unfurled into gangly and awkward almost-ferns: no longer cute and curled, but not yet fully formed and fronded.
This is how Spring unfolds in New England. There is a brief moment in April when everything seems green and fresh, then by May the ground is cluttered with cast-off maple flowers and spent rhododendron blooms: the detritus of a party getting underfoot and underway.
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May 1, 2023 at 1:34 pm
I’ve heard the “kissing his wife” image—never the “beating his wife” image. Yikes.
We’re at around 20ºC (68ºF) during the day here in Seoul, but nights are still uncharacteristically cool. This is the sweet spot, though, during which I don’t have to use either my ondol floor heater to stay warm or my A/C to cool down. Translation: low electric bills. How are temps in Nouvelle Angleterre?
Enjoy the spring that has sprung!
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May 3, 2023 at 6:07 pm
It’s been a cool spring so far: temperatures in the 50s by day and 40s by night. So yes, a sweet spot without the need for heat or fans.
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