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Caught In The Crabapple



On may way to photograph the park for possible, future paintings I got caught up in the spectacle of the park circle crabs, something I usually miss but not in this ever so unusual year where you may see forsythia, daffodil, tulip, dogwood, crabapple and cherry blooms all at once.








While photographing, I encountered a voice. Wha? Where?  Up, fool.



A woman, high up in a crab tree, remarked on the serious appearance of my point and shoot as she read among the flowering branches. She descended, I showed her this shot, and we moved on.



In the park late blooming maples.



Phragmite reflections.



Sunning turtles.



The lesser of the celandines becoming rather morer in the wake of fallen timber,



Giant woodland 'field' garlic, so much larger than those of the field.



And big earthworms drowned in heavy rain-swamped lawns.


Crabby Apples



Wasn't it just three weeks ago the crab apples looked like this?

And haven't all the trees bloomed, from the maples to the lilacs, in two or three weeks this year? 

As a form of punishment, I forced myself in the other day's rain to frogger the traffic circle. The crabs, sulking, wet with tears, because I wasn't present to see its pretty dress, had me laboring about, sopping myself in display of empathy, trying to make the best of arriving late to the party. Next year, I promise.