It was a cold day in the late February, different from an April dog day afternoon. I can still remember that the snow has already melted when we got the Thaiss Park at that time, however, there were a huge pile of snow that is hard enough to stand on the top. Everything seemed as dead as hell in before spring so that I wrote poem themed desolation. I appreciate Nathan for his enthusiasm in such a cold weather, but in general the nature was waiting for the new green passively.
If the scene was not clear, we can talk about it more specifically. There were trees in the Thaiss Park, a considerable number of them, with no green leaves at all. The winter were so mean that broadleaf deciduous trees can't maintain the accomplishment in the spring and the summer. For instance, the beech trees, Fagus Grandifolia, one of the most common trees in the east of Northern America, has leaves like this:
However, in late February, the Beech tree leaves looks like this:
If the scene was not clear, we can talk about it more specifically. There were trees in the Thaiss Park, a considerable number of them, with no green leaves at all. The winter were so mean that broadleaf deciduous trees can't maintain the accomplishment in the spring and the summer. For instance, the beech trees, Fagus Grandifolia, one of the most common trees in the east of Northern America, has leaves like this:
However, in late February, the Beech tree leaves looks like this:
The leaves are totally dried-up.
The branches were so brave that they didn't just throw the old leaves away, but instead the leaves were still be attached to the tree to show the loyalty. They are American Beech trees. Unlike those in Asia or Europe, leaves were the most significant difference. Human would not logged down the Beech trees in the park for the wood material, which means keeping alive was the only thing they should do.
I didn't recognize that tree anymore, even in April, when trees started to grow leaves for the following year, and squirrels appeared in the Thaiss Park. The old leaves would fall down, then becoming a element of soil. The park is as lively as a teenager now, decorated with various forms of greens. However,despite people coming to enjoy the new season, the park is still quiet.
The dead leaves on the Beech trees, along with the coldness and desolation, is the flip side of the thaiss park. The spring and the winter are both real, and they are dramatically close to each other.
Very nice--I thought you had some great analogies in your writing, and I loved seeing the passage of time and how the tree changed.
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