Spring Colors

 Spring has sprung, and with it spring color. Here's a lovely little writing exercise: describe the way the colors come in your region. 

Where we live, the willows leaf out first, in a bright yellow-green. Next, the crocuses come up, a lovely blue-purple. Then come the bright golden forsythia, and the cream-and-orange or canary-colored daffodils. Then the fruit trees, pears and cherries and plums, begin to bloom in pink and white and sometimes even purple. By now the tulip bulbs are up but there aren't any stems or blooms yet. Most shrubs, like roses, oak-leaf hydrangeas, butterfly bushes, and the like are leafing out or starting to, and the rhododendrons have big buds. Really, it's a lovely time: everything is gold or pastel, easing out of winter.

The signs of spring are different everywhere. They may be completely different from the region I described above. It would be interesting to compare. This is really more an exercise in noticing than anything else: it's important to know how seasons change, when creating a real world for readers to step into.