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pussy willow

March 22, 2012 by Dave Bonta

Wind riffles the wild onion tops sprouting from a crack in the walk. Down at the end of the old corral, the pussy willow’s in bloom.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags pussy willow, wild onion 1 Comment
March 21, 2011 by Dave Bonta

Cold, gray and rainy. I’m wearing my spring coat, but it could be November, except for the pussy willow catkins—those glimmering furs.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags pussy willow, rain 5 Comments
March 23, 2010 by Dave Bonta

The last patch of snow vanished in the night, leaving only the fuzzy erasers of pussy willow to remind us of the purity of the blank page.

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April 20, 2009 by Dave Bonta

Hard rain with a bit of wind. But dreariness is impossible with so many variations on yellow: spicebush, forsythia, daffodils, pussy willow.

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April 3, 2009 by Dave Bonta

A warm east wind. Curtains of rain on the almost-open buds of red maple, pussy willow, daffodils, and lilac leaves like green bishop’s hats.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags daffodils, lilac, pussy willow

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