Winter Hit Spring Hard 2018 by Liz Bickel

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16-APR-2018	copyright Elizabeth Bickel

Winter Hit Spring Hard 2018

Sad to See

After a warm 83 degree day that helped the Bradford Pear tree to bloom, our area then had 48 straight hours of a hard freeze.

With tempts (on Saturday through Monday) being only 30 degrees Fahrenheit (or BELOW), the beautiful flowers on Bradford Pear gave up their fight. So did many of he emerging leaves on the tree. The snow didn't hurt the leaves as much as the prolonged bitter cold.

I wonder what will happen next.

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To see the Bradford Pear tree on Friday (looking very beautiful), see earlier images in this gallery.

Nikon COOLPIX P900
1/500s f/6.3 at 285.0mm iso160 full exif

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laine		19-Apr-2018 07:33
A sad looking flower, Liz...

Helen Betts		17-Apr-2018 13:59
Oh dear, this is indeed a sad sight. Luckily our trees flowered earlier than yours and didn't have to contend with the prolonged freeze, although I'm sure the unseasonably hot and then unseasonably cold weather didn't help some plants any.

Carl Carbone		17-Apr-2018 13:34
Oh, this makes me so sad. Spring is so short-lived as it is and then to have the beautiful blooms crushed by the frost is very disappointing. We woke up to 3" of heavy wet snow this morning. Luckily nothing has blossomed yet. Very nicely captured.