Because - it really is so extraordinarily ordinary.

The slow melt of winter's excessive cold. Trees that survived and thrived. The tiniest spots of color....reminding us of what was and will someday be again.

Because - it's quiet and peaceful

Because - it's honest and true and so very real.

Because - it's not pretending or trying to be anything other than just what it is.

Because - of all that and so much more - I had to stop...and breathe it all in...and capture it.

Because - it's beautiful.