A worthy red maple bud

Ordinarily, red is not a color that particularly captures my attention. Such is the life of a person "afflicted" with red-green colorblindness. Indeed, were this collection of fat, Red Maple buds to appear against a leafy green background, I might not have seen the harbinger of spring at all. For while I can actually see a version of both colors, it's not the version the unafflicted see. However, without leaves to confuse me, these buds popped out of the drab background and let me know that they were almost ready to flower and perfume the wetlands with a heady scent. We're a long way from tree-leaf season, so when Acer rubrum starts putting on its floral spectacular, perhaps as early as next week, I won't have to worry about missing it. Even if I can't see the whole show, I'll enjoy the part that's plainly visible to my defective eyes.