Sloughing off the final olive-drab layers of a season past, a sapphire carpet of Spring ephemerals arose as the Redbud’s ethereal blooms cast a cheery glow unto the scene.  Swelling buds and nodding Daffodils dotted the landscape as the grass grew green and lush.  Spring was in full swing.  …

The stars dangled off the branches like delicate, silver ornaments while the moon drenched the earth in a luminous glow.  Distant geese chortled as the frogs croaked rhythmically in their grassy fens.  It was a perfect Spring night.  Life was awakening, flexing its prowess. Literally, within mere days, it seems the landscape has…