They're here. Those days we wait patiently for when the worst of
winter blusters, blows, rains, freezes and snows become tiresome.
When darkness cloaks the long cold nights endlessly, and the chill of
early mornings makes one want to turn over and sleep a little longer.
But outside the windows there is change, especially in the trees.
Bursting forth in bright green, still so new and full of promise.
The pollen is beginning to smother every surface and cause allergy
discomfort, annoying for some, me included, with hoarseness,
sneezing and coughing.
The change in the trees brighten the sky, my thoughts, the entire day.
The azaleas are blooming now in all shades of pink, tucked underneath
the white flowers opening on the dogwood boughs.
North Carolina has the most beautiful spring months.
Magical is the only word.
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