How about tulip red or hyacinth grape or redbud pink?

But, anyway, we rose above the freezing point for a while, and the sky was only partially cloudy. (I don’t think I will mention that snow is in the forecast for tonight, and then another deep plunge into below zero territory.)

The squirrels seem to have had it too. They’ve resorted to nipping the tips of the back yard red pine (I assume for the buds). (Tamia does her harvesting in the fall…assuming there is food to harvest.)

And, what’s this? Hint—the back yard is rather full of it, and it’s the end result of squirrel metabolism.