He starts off slow, that's for sure. Oh, there might be some 65 degree days in February, and you might see a forsythia starting to bloom, but then He decides to remind you it's winter right until the last day of March.
And then, just in case you were getting overconfident, He gives you sno-cone trees instead of popcorn trees.
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| April 2nd |
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| April 2nd |
But it's April, so snow like that is short-lived. So He opens up His celestial version of MS Paint and chooses the airbrush to start greenifying the land.
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| Oops. Must have right-clicked to get the white spray paint instead of the green. April 6th is Mormon Christmas, after all. |
After a few false starts and ctrl-z's, we're back to ground one. Gray and brown branches, with a few green stragglers that survived the winter.
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| April 12 |
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| April 12 |
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| April 13 -- He's started a slight green misting of the branches in back! |
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| April 20 |
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| April 20 |
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| April 24 |
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| April 24 |
Occasionally, instead of the airbrush He might try out the oil brush or marker to get some speckled dots on the ground.
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| April 24 |
He starts experimenting with other colors like pink.
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| April 24 |
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| April 26 |
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| April 26 |
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| April 26 |
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| April 28 |
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| April 28. This might look like slightly pink snow, but it's not. |
And then, He stops his halfhearted measures with the airbrush altogether and decides it's time to bring all the colors back!
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| April 28 |
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| April 28 |
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| May 2. Okay, so He still takes His time when it comes to most trees. |
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| May 2 |
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| May 2 |
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| May 2 |
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| May 2 |
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| May 2 |
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| May 2 |
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| May 2. Got a little carried away with the pink airbrush on this one. |
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| May 2 |
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| May 2 |
Almost overnight, things have gone from this:
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April 28
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to this:
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| May 2 |
where now every branch has at least some green on it.
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| May 2 |
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| May 2 |
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| May 8 |
And again, in a matter of days, God adds another coating of green on to go from this:
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| May 2 |
to this:
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| May 8 |
His wall of green is ever inching upward.
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| May 9 |
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| May 9 |
And best of all, He's figured out how to click on the "Edit colors" button to see how many different kinds of pink He can make.
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| May 10 |
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| May 10 |
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| May 11 |
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| May 11 |
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| May 11 |
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| May 11 |
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| May 11 |
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| May 11 |
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| May 11 |
For some reason, He keeps a spray bottle handy, so it rains
all the time. But when He puts it away, the sunshine makes for some glorious days.
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| May 11 |
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| May 11 |
And, for that matter, when He tries His hand at making the sky just as green as the leaves, the eerie post-tornado glow makes for some spectacular custom-colored pink sunsets too.
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| May 15 |
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| May 15 |
Yep, God is pretty good at MS Paint here in Connecticut.
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| May 16 |
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| May 21 |
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| May 21 |
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| May 21. Beats the April 2 view any day (except maybe Christmas) |
In a sense, it's almost a relief when all of the pinks and white blossoms fall off, looking like new snow on the sidewalks. There's no more reason to run around trying to catch every single blossoming tree.
Instead, we can just sit back, relax, and enjoy the world of green God made.
It was worth the wait.
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