DST Day.

3-11-12 SHORT HILLS: We have had some warm days mixed in with seasonal weather and a couple showers. Trees and shrubs have fat buds beginning to open, and more crocuses are in bloom. Some of the tomato seedlings are starting to show a second set of true leaves.

I have removed almost all of the old pool fencing and begun to put new rails on the existing posts that I had replaced in recent years. I had used pressure treated 4X4’s, so they remain sturdy. I have added a couple new posts and hope to have it all done in a week or so.

Today is ‘spring ahead day’, as everyone is finding out when they wake up an hour late. I think of the clock change to DST as the start of spring. Of course, the Vernal Equinox is the true start of spring, and Easter or Passover are seasonal milestones, both probably evolved from some pagan re-birth festivals, but when there’s daylight at 7 PM—that’s Spring.

New blooms: maple trees.



More crocus.