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Friday, March 9, 2012

The Bounty Hunter

Hidden Beauty

Nature is beautiful in every season of the year. You just need to know where to look.

It has not been a brutal winter, and over the past few days I could almost believe that spring is here. Still, it feels like every run of pleasant weather this season has ended abruptly in a cold snap or burst of snow—a harsh reminder that this is, after all, winter in New England. Unusually mild February temperatures coaxed the first shoots from the ground last week, only for March to defiantly assert her winter affiliation by adorning the emergent plants with a layer of snow. The brave tulips and crocuses speared their green heads up through the glittering white coating, dotting the landscape with flashes of color. After the drab color famine of winter, even the faint pink of a tree’s new buds is a veritable feast, an early promise of …

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