April Shivers.

4-6-08 SHORT HILLS: The weather remains cold. Today is overcast, dark and windy. Spring continues to creep forward. Our dismal lawn is showing spots of green, mostly weeds actually. The leaves are peeping out on naked branches. Flowers are reluctantly opening. The forsythia are almost at peak, maple and elm are in flower, the first daffodil, in this yard, opened.

Gus, the puppy, at four months, has tripled his weight, 37 pounds, from two months ago. He is getting leggy and showing his mature coat. He is house trained, relates well to the other dogs and very chewy. Nick is adjusting to Gus. Judy is working very hard at puppy training and Gus sits, comes, lies, and waits pretty well.

New blooms: daffodil, spice bush, pachysandra.


Daffodil number one.

Gus at four months.