Taken: April 17, 2009 in Mayfield, Pennsylvania.

The buds on the trees are pop, pop, popping into these really great explosions of tree life. Reds and greens of all shades, future leaves that will create the food that the tree requires to produce this year’s growth, next year’s seeds, and the energy it will need to lay dormant during winter.

Date taken: April 18th, 2008 | The trees are waking up.