Acer rubrum ~ Red Maple
Having grown weary of the long monochromatic winter, my eyes hunger for color this time of year. As the new season unfolds, I find myself on a quest to seek out the emerging color moments that harbinger spring. Not the deep lush colors of summer, not the vibrant last hurrah colors of autumn, but those innocent soft colors of spring. This year I am particularly enamored with the colors offered up by the buds of trees. Although upstaged by showy spring bulbs, trees offer subtle color en masse and inspiring hues up close.
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