With its pale yellow glow, "The Sisters" said early spring to me a time when the witchhazels' spidery blooms are just passing, forsythias are kicking in and daffodils are taking center stage.

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The valley seemed barren now, he said, but in the spring, after a dusting of rain, it would be bright with cactus blossoms and yellow creosote.

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