Spring is unfolding, but slowly this year. We have some warm days that are normal and then back to unusually cold days. And so much wind! This year I have really appreciated our yard. I spend more and more time in it. That’s what a new puppy does in combination with a global pandemic. I’ve spent more time observing all its inhabitants, particularly the trees and how they go through the change of the seasons.. My partner has been planting trees since we moved here. This is one of our newer ones. The bark on a Paper Bark Maple curls up in ragged scrolls revealing fresh bark underneath. Our daffodils this year have lasted and lasted, and from this view form clouds of yellow behind the tree.