Gorgeous Day.

4-29-15 SHORT HILLS: Today is beautiful, mid-seventies, and we had lunch outside on the patio. The yard looks great, even if rather ragged from lack of trimming and pruning. The big Japanese maple seems to have significant losses. I’m hoping some of the bare branches will still leaf out.

New blooms: marsh marigold, dandelion, grape hyacinth, trout lily, quince.


Daffodils get more interesting as the season proceeds....



Marsh marigold during its brief appearance each spring.

The flowers and foliage will be gone, dormant, in a month and unseen until 2016.

Magnolia behind the junipers.*

Cherry lane on a sunny morning between the Yoshino and the Kwanzan blooming.*

* Judy's pix.