Monochrome: On the Way to Spring

I took similar pictures just about 

a month ago of these trees and shrubs.

Yep, they were standing in front of the same 

brownish wall, too. Then, it was the way the light 

reflected off the branches that caught my eye.

Yesterday, it was the subtle variations in color. 

There were bits of red added to the mix,

the buds that told me spring was indeed, in spite of 

the leaden gray skies, in our future.