Weeding in the Mud.

5-15-12 SHORT HILLS: More rain, 0.85 inches worth over the past two days with L & T last night that had the dogs upset.

Today, with the ground nice and wet, I weeded the area around the spruce stumps and a bunch of new plantings from last spring. It took about three hours, generated several piles to gather up tomorrow and left me muddy enough to need a shower.

I forgot to mention that we saw ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ last week—we both loved it, many good puns.

New blooms: first spirea, tutsan, English holly.

Hypericum androsaemum, commonly known as tutsan, or St. John's wort.