Miscellany of a Cheshire Cat

Happy Friday the 13th!

The plum tree in the backyard started blooming. These photos are actually from 2 weeks ago. The tree is still going strong now. Over the fence in the neighbor’s back yard is a bunch of forsythia. The pink and yellow look fabulous together, especially with the gray and wet we’ve been having this week. It’s still gray today but the sun may yet show his face. The cherry trees down the street should start to bloom soon too. Presumably the ones in the park are already blooming since the Cherry Blossom Festival is already underway. If it’s not too wet, I want to go in for Sakura Sunday. Hurray for Taiko drumming! As long as it’s not raining… maybe the weather will cooperate.

In a fit of productivity, I started pruning some of the shrubs out front earlier. Yeah… um… poor shrubs. But the burning bush is slightly thinned out and I got one of the other bushes trimmed back from the walk too. Whee. I’ll go out with the actual trimmer tomorrow. By the end of the weekend I should be able to plan what will be in the gardens this year!

TGIF. Seriously.

I have more energy today. I’m in a better mood. Could be the green tea I had for lunch. Could be I’m feeling better and getting along with my new contacts and stuff. Either way, I’m glad. It’s no fun being tired and grouchy all the time… as such the last 2 weeks have sucked. Maybe I won’t start crashing at 8 pm tonight!

tags: cherry blossom festival, gardening, plum blossoms, spring