Chilly sneeze makers.
Spring is trying so hard to make itself known, but today the best it can do is offer a freezing drizzle that turns the trail into a quagmire and baptizes everything with a chilling mist.
It’s said that cats don’t like water, but these pussy willows bravely turn their grey faces skyward and drink in the rain.
The soft coating of small hairs act as insulation against the cold temperature and, with the first hint of warmth, will burst open into pollen laden flowers, or catkins, to cause the first sneezes of the season.
"Pussy willows point to the sky with silver fingerprints whispering winter away like puffs of smoke.”
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Salix discolor is the botanical name for this common wetland willow. It’s among the first to bloom, signaling the last throes of winter and the brink of spring.
Bring on the sneezes.
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