More Graduations.

6-15-13 SHORT HILLS: The rain has stopped for the moment. The last storm gave us 1.5 inches to add to the 5.0 inches that was in the gauges when I got here. Parts of the yard are so wet it’s like walking around on soggy sponges. The wet soil makes for easy weeding, so I did some. The poison ivy that I treated with Roundup is gone without a trace, but I found some more and sprayed it and some grape vines.

Maggie’s graduation was that rainy Thursday night, inside an old church in Brooklyn Heights, so we all stayed dry until after the ceremony when an intense downpour soaked everyone, in spite of our umbrellas.

Today was Maizie’s graduation from puppy kindergarten. She hasn’t eaten her diploma yet.

New blooms: hydrangea, beautyberry [I misstated it as finished last post].


Nick's retirement statue from Lincoln School.

Maggie's graduation from Packer, held at St. Anne's church in the Heights.

Asian holly flowers, as you can see, she is a lady shrub.