Kip’s Comments - March 4, 2024

From One Season to the Next

Today’s dramatic weather change from the weekend - warm and windy to cooler and rainy equated to little time outdoors, other than for work and to wander briefly in our CRP.

What we hope will become a beautiful wildflower prairie is now mostly a dead weed patch from last year. But, there were a few wildflowers that bloomed to maybe lay the foundation for this season.

I found this tired specimen and thought it would look nice with a bit of editing. Soon what is left… what you see here… will fall to the ground to decay and be forgotten. This image will preserve one solitary blossom for a long time.

Last Year's Wildflower - Image 867466

On the other end of the scale are the willow buds that we continue to wonder if the below freezing temperatures will affect. So far, we see no damage.

Willow Buds - Image 867469

When I compare these two images shared together, the impression is so abrupt. First viewers see a noisy, old, almost monochromatic blossom from days gone by and then are jerked back to reality with a full color picture of tender willow buds. To think the subjects were so close to each other, yet were so different. The visual impact on this page mimics the back and forth emotions I had when looking through the viewfinder.