Maple Flowers
I saw them today. The maple trees have tiny green fuzzies on the leaves and the willows are pale green. If you look closely, you can see that the fuzzy growth on the maples is not leaves, but instead green flowers. They’ll be there for two weeks, then fall, littering the ground with wet red blotches, a little Autumn. I grilled last night, first time of the season. A variety of steaks–rib eye, tenderloin, loin strip–with a Bordelaise Sauce, roast potatoes and an orange vinegrette over California asparagus.