There is still snow on the ground here in Plainfield, VT. Mud is oozing up through the snow and turning everything grey. Green is still hidden and everything is waiting for the frost to finish leaving. There are no leaves and this photograph is just a tease. However,  Mother Nature nature woke me this morning as she heralded in her fanfare to spring at 4:00 AM with the first thunderstorm of the season. When it reflects off of white snow, lightening is extra brilliant, but I didn't mind be woken so early, after such a dark winter. This next month is going to be busy for Mother Nature as she shuttles her avian friends back to where they belong, warms the earth, tickles, the flowers awake, unfurls the ferns and excites the trees into opening their leaves. There will be more fanfares, brilliant flashes and heavy downfalls as winter washes away into spring. I can't wait until the peepers start their chorus. Then I will know that spring really is here!

PS This photo was not taken this year, it is a dream of what is to come!

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