Rosy-fingered dawn of the harvest

ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς: The buds on the trees at Hutchins Farm in Concord, Massachusetts earlier today blush like eager debutantes 

While some in other climes report blossoms, we are in the chill stasis of a Massachusetts April. ¶ 

The cool temperatures slow the rhythms of spring. Magnolia, forsythia, and even cherry persist; apples are standing by.

At some point, not this week, true gentle spring will come. It will last for 45 minutes before summer begins, humid and hot, and the blossoms drop from the trees.