Friday, April 03, 2009

The Evanescence of Spring

This has been the soggiest time of year since I moved here almost a year ago. The tulip bloom is a week late already.

This morning, during what proved to be a brief interlude in the rain (note sunny boughs on lower left) I went out doors to check up on my lettuce seedlings. Copious plumes of steam were wafting off of my own roof and those of my neighbors. At first I thought it was chimney smoke.

In just a few minutes it was over. (It's a lot prettier in a forest -- to which the French say, "the wolves are tending their ovens".)

2 comments:

indianboy said...

Those rooves are literally smoking.

Quiet Paths said...

That's so strange looking; we get this effect too but mostly in late spring. You'll see your tulips soon, I bet.