Exhuberance!

I love the arrival of Forsythia in the spring. For me it is the first sign that spring is on the way, and never fails to lift my spirits. We had a Forsythia bush in the front yard for years but it is gone now. This bush is in a neighbor's yard and so I went and photographed it from a distance with a long lens. There was something about the way these branches are shooting straight up - it feels as if the bush is growing with such exuberance.