promises

Great Expectations, and a Promise!

If I didn’t know better, I’d think my forsythia was doomed to die soon! The leaves are going dark and falling to the ground. The cold, dark winter lies before us.

Well what do ya know.

I learned a bit about trees while reading through the book of Ezekiel. Who would’ve thunk it?

This is the state of my forsythia today. It’s almost April, and with today’s temperatures in the 30’s and very low 40’s(F), it’s hard to imagine that spring really is here! But the calendar says it’s so, so we believe it to be true. We start looking for signs around us, knowing that we’ll find them in due time.

This rhododendron bud is bursting with promise. But look at all that snow! Will the bud still open in the spring, or has its future been hijacked?

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