Shrubbery and Lincoln School.

11-23-15 SHORT HILLS: We’re actually in the twenties tonight headed for our first hard frost. At the risk of sounding like the old foggy I am, I remember frosts at least 4-6 weeks before this date when I was a school kid.

I have been out in the shrubbery pruning and removing deadfall from the bushes. The town was by sometime this past summer clearing the wires of over-hanging branches as well as anything they zealously thought might someday become an over-hanging branch. They left loads of cut branches on top of the shrubs and small trees under the wires. It’s hard to clear that mess when the leaves are out because you can’t see it all. If it's not removed, it acts to trap fallen leaves and then snow in the winter and creates a burden that will weigh on the shrub and that will break branches and split trunks. It’s especially important for the evergreens.

This winter, with an established El Niño, may be warm and dry for the northeast, but we’ll see.

Speaking of school, Judy did her visit to the Lincoln School second grade class of Ms. Catalano today. Judy brought spaghetti squash to the Thanksgiving Feast, and she claims it was all eaten. Kids ate squash? Maizie was there and enjoyed the kids as much as they did her. Also in attendance were Pam, Blair, Maggie and Charlie.


Red, Orange, Yellow and Green.

Maizie at Lincoln School.

Thanksgiving Feast at Ms. Catalano's Second Grade Class.

Maizie and Maggie with friends.