Spring Sighted around the Corner

Spring Sighted around the Corner

Here’s the tree out in the front yard. Looks pretty bare, doesn’t it?

Well, not exactly. Look closely ...

More buds, as it gets ready for spring ...

(Yes, it looks lovely, but I don’t get too sentimental about it. In a few weeks, seed pods from this tree and all its siblings are going to start blowing into my window, and I’ll be spending weeks sweeping them out of my apartment.)

Now, down by the bus stop, beneath a soft drizzle ...

This is the top of a barley sheaf that’s just starting to come up. Barley doesn’t ripen until about June here, so this is the very first stirring of this year’s crop. I had to put my hand beneath the fine green projections because my camera wouldn’t focus on them otherwise.

This is my favorite time of year in Jerusalem. So many wonderful wild plants come up, and so many of them are edible, too!