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.