Anniversary

2-13-07 SHORT HILLS: We are waiting for the big snowstorm that is supposedly hitting tonight. Twelve inches are threatened. We’ll see. One year ago yesterday, after twelve inches of snow, I started this blog.

The recent cold wave has had the rhododendron leaves all curled up in cigarette shapes and huddled together. That is their reactions to both cold and drought and is a means of conserving water and reducing cold trauma. Yesterday, when it was warmer, they opened up and today they curled up again.

Shivering Rhodo