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Ready for "The Burst of Spring" 



THE LENGTHENING BUDS OF THE BLACK BIRCH. 

 The buds begin to swell and lengthen even before the last of the spring snow squalls. 



In winter when there are no flowers, and leaves are 

 rare, even large buds are interesting and somewhat exciting. 

 I go a budding like a partridge. I am always attracted at 

 this season by the buds of the swamp pink, the poplars, 

 and the sweet gale. — Thoreau. 







THOSE FLUFFY FLAKES IN THE LAST OF THE SPRING SNOWS 



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