Catkin
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| Catkins and pussy willow |
Lambs
tails and Pussy Willow!! As a child how I loved those strange things
that came in the Spring in England. We knew once we saw the lambs
tails dangling from the trees and the furry buds on the willow trees
that winter was finally going. Never could resist picking them and
taking them home to show Mum.
Now
when I first see the catkins forming on the oak trees I shudder
because soon I know they will be yellow pollen dust covering
everything and heaps of brown squiggles all over the yard. They will
be sticking on our shoes and mangled in the pet's coats and just
about everywhere. I sweep them up , blow them off the decks and do
you know by the next day there's another lot blown down by the wind.
Still with a good rain things will get back to normal and then all we
will have to worry about are the green inchworm caterpillars hanging
from threads from the trees. Yes Spring really is lovely. Thank
goodness for the flowers.
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