WotD: witch hazel

[muckefuck]

1. die Zaubernuss
2. de toverhazelaar
3. la hamamelis
4. l'hamamelis
5. le noisetier des sorcières
6. an coll virginiach
7. y gollen ystwyth
8. oczar
9. 풍년화 (豊年花)
10. 金縷梅 jīnlǚméi
11. 満作 (まんさく)

Notes: I don't normally think of witch hazel blossoms as a sign of spring so much as an indication that winter might actually be ending. But this snow-packed Arctic juggernaut has pushed everything off of schedule, so today was the first day I saw these delicate beauties blooming. It was glorious in the sun, but the lake effect is very pronounced, so to really enjoy it, I had to find a spot sheltered on the east but open to the south. I was so eager to see spring that at first I mistook these shrubs for forsythia, as I often do, but I didn't have to get too near them to spot my mistake. They were flanking a patch of tulip greens, among which was concealed an embryonic tulip blossom emerging pupaelike straight from the earth.