Cherry Blossom Festival.

4-28-13 SHORT HILLS: The Kwanzan cherry trees are open and are quite showy, especially against a blue sky yesterday. The weather remains warm and dry. We are at one-third of normal for precip this month, but there might be some rain tomorrow.

I have done more pruning, nothing too hard because of the awkwardness of the orthopedic boot. I see the doc tomorrow and may get released from bondage.

Maizie is settled into the house routines and is growing fast. She’s up to sixteen pounds, on her way to seventy or so in four months. The boys are still tolerant, at best, and still in denial. Judy and Maizie have started puppy kindergarten classes.

New blooms: Kwanzan cherry, Chinese snowball viburnum, wild strawberry.


Kwanzan cherry trees with double, pink flowers are quite showy.

More Kwanzan.

And again, these are Japanese trees.

Chinese snowball viburnum, very aromatic with lots of red pigment that shows on the leaves and buds as well. First viburnum to bloom here.