Overlooked

It's easy to overlook things.
There are good reasons for overlooking some things.   Focusing on the negative only leads to unhappiness, so it's a good idea to overlook little things that would otherwise harsh your mellow.

Since winter here has been intense, I thought it would be a good idea to pay closer attention to some little things that might help mellow the harsh.  Like frosty dogwoods.

I really love dogwood twigs.   They look like hands reaching up.  And I love dogwood buds because they form early on and are a constant reminder that it won't be icy forever. 

I feel my harsh getting mellower by the minute. 

Buds

Before the snow this week, the buds on the cherries had started to swell.   

Which means that spring will come.  

[Like it does every year.]

Even though I fear that this year it won't come. 

[Like I do every year.]