The Parade is Underway.

3-21-26 SHORT HILLS: ‘It’s Spring again.’ We’ve had gentle showers. The plants are back on parade, a slow parade. The sky is deep blue. The birds are pairing up. Bugs are flitting about. I have been outside without hat or gloves. 

Yesterday I did a couple hours of clean up, and today I’m sore and achy. Blanca passed her re-certification exam and is good for pet therapy for another two years. 

New blooms: elm, red maple, forsythia, andromeda.

Crocus among winter debris.

And another one.

Andromeda has thousands of cream-colored bells.

Looking upwards, I see pussy willow buds.

And our elm tree covered with flowers.

And red maple flowers. My nose told me these were open before I saw them.

The last drop of a massive snow plow pile on the first day ofspring.