Oh, these little buds. Look at them. Every single branch is wearing the tiniest pink buttons you ever saw, like someone dressed the tree up for a party and it's still buttoning its coat. Every branch is a little promise. The green behind them is so soft and blurry it looks like a watercolor someone smudged with their happy thumb. I want to keep them. All of them. In a jar? In my pocket? I'd carry spring around if I could. Do you remember being small enough that everything looked huge? These branches make me feel like that again, like the world is holding its breath, waiting to open. Spring is the softest thing we have. It doesn't shout. It just shows up one day, all pink and new, and forgives us for the winter. So gentle. #springblossom #pinkbuds #softspring
