The trees, however, were bare, creating dark, bleak silhouettes against an anaemic winter sky.
Since then, the economy has stubbornly refused to grow at anything beyond an anaemic rate.
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Japan's anaemic economy is well understood, but how it has affected Japanese society is not.
Almost half of pregnant Egyptian women are anaemic, reflecting an iron deficiency often caused by poor diets.
Bankers give me two reasons for their doubts about how far the schemes will revive our anaemic economy.
Prescribing iron supplements may help some women with fatigue even if they are not officially anaemic, Swiss researchers suggest.
The anaemic recovery in the American car market since last year's trough of 10m sales may not be maintained.
One in five children under five suffers from malnutrition, and one in ten women of childbearing age is anaemic.
The trouble is that domestic demand, both from consumers and corporations, is anaemic.
Critics argue that the government's spending cuts have undermined growth in the economy, which has been anaemic in recent years.
So the PlayBook's apps library with the exception of its business-related offerings is likely to look anaemic alongside those of its main competitors.
But it could lengthen if growth remains anaemic and deficits stay high.
Pathologist Dr Phillip Cox told the inquest that a haemorrhage has occurred "at least a week" before Kate's birth, leaving her extremely anaemic.
But at the other end of the trail that starts with financial woes in rich countries are underweight children and anaemic expectant mothers in poor ones.
After the American farm bill last year, and the EU's anaemic efforts to reform its common agricultural policy, the Doha round had looked set to fail.
Meanwhile, Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce will be wondering how his side could produce such an anaemic display after an encouraging run of one defeat in six league games.
The fiscal and economic challenges are conspicuous: a substantial and intractable gap between public spending and tax revenues in the US at a time of anaemic economic growth.
More than half the women of childbearing age in India are anaemic a condition that can be much improved by fortifying food and 30% of Indian children are born underweight.
The leadership contest has been anaemic so far but its importance is profound: the next Labour leader has a very good chance of becoming the next prime minister.
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The real problem is that the recovery seems equally anaemic.
Today, we have economic growth and job creation (though anaemic).
Perhaps it reflects nothing more than the fall in the dollar: gold transactions are denominated in dollars, and in euros the rise in the gold price has been anaemic.
He says those presidents with anaemic post-White House ratings have had poor brand management, while those acolytes working to create the Reagan or Kennedy legacies have done an astounding job.
Add in an anaemic recovery, at best, in America, and the worry that its economy might tumble off a fiscal cliff in December, and the outlook for external demand is bleak.
Inflation fell in France, which was reported to have slipped back into recession this year, and in Germany, which grew by an anaemic 0.1% in the first three months of this year.
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Those who know George Osborne point to his resilience and capacity for hard work, but an acknowledgement of the political and economic prognosis: An anti politics mood lingers, the economy appears anaemic.
There is evidence that economic recovery in the developed, rich West is anaemic and becoming weaker, and that the economic weakness, in the short term at least, is being reinforced by public-sector retrenchment.
The trouble is that he (the sole credible female candidate stands little chance) will take over a country that is deeply divided and mistrustful, with an anaemic economy and a woefully creaky bureaucracy.
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The report warned that the pace of fiscal tightening being planned for 2013-14 was faster than in 2012-13, and might be difficult for the economy to handle, if the recovery continued to be anaemic.
These are the cells which carry oxygen around the body to keep tissues alive - a child with severe thalassaemia will become anaemic, fail to thrive, and, if left without treatment, can die in childhood.
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