Trip to Philly.

4-12-15 SHORT HILLS: The last few days have been beautiful and warm. I would love to be outside more, but the walker is a nuisance to drag around. All those crocus that I showed on the last post are gone, eaten by something—deer, woodchuck, rabbit? It was a tough winter for everybody.

Judy and I were in Philadelphia yesterday to see Chris and Bob and their new town house, and to catch up with very old friend Steven after about three decades. We had dinner at an excellent, but noisy, Turkish restaurant and then drove home. It’s a ninety-minute trip, mostly on the Turnpike. The town house is in the old corner of Philly, near the river, Independence Hall and the Ben Franklin Bridge. The neighborhood is full of old Federal-style brick building, and lots of traffic. It will be fun to visit when I’m not using the walker.

Congrats to Ken, Jessica and young Noah on his first religious experience.

New blooms: andromeda.


Andromeda, the first flowering shrub in this garden, has these clusters white bells.

Snowflake, relative of the snowdrop, is surviving in the pachysandra.

Nose itchy? Eyes red? Maple flowers, red maple, as you might have guessed.