Yesterday we drove ‘down the shore’, a Jerseyism for going to the beach, to Seaside Park to visit friends Bob and Chris, the F Street Band, and we were joined by Jo-Ann, part of the Lincoln Brigade, for dinner. Today we had brunch in NYC with Leeza and Roger. It’s been very social—last Tuesday night we had dinner with Paul and Helene, also in NYC, and Wednesday Bill and Lynn joined us at the usual place. And, next Tuesday we will see Ron and Bebe.
In the yard, all the windy weather has, predictably, caused a rain of branches to fall on the shrubs and grass. I have been picking them off the shrubs and breaking them all into one-D pieces so they will more quickly deteriorate and become part of the organic layer of the soil. It’s also important to get them off the shrubs because the weight of the branches and the additional array acts to hold more snow on top the shrub, causing more trauma. Today it feels like snow isn’t that far away.
When it was warmer last week, the forsythia gave us a few flowers, and the roses are still making buds.
New blooms: forsythia.
Forsythia always pop open a few buds on a warm fall day after some cold weather.
We were 'down the shore' to visit friends in Seaside Park.
An immature Great Black-Backed Gull. The mature adults have a black, not brown, back and yellow beak.
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