March 6

Drive along the roadways, or walk the back woods and you will notice the willows starting to yellow. If the light is just right, they even seem to create their own glow. The red and swamp maples are also starting to color in the stems.

Down on route 122 out of town, in the low area that forms a wetland which connects directly to the small lake inside Moore State Park, the road passes over a large culvert that provides passage for the wetland. On either side, but particularly on the eastern portion, swamp maples predominate around the low land.

They are starting to awaken so noticeably now, as if someone has painted on the stems a bare reddish sheen.