Year two for our Robinson flowering crabapple.
Winter held on.
Spring was sleepy.
The Robinson flowering crabapple in the front yard of our home in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood shook all that off and made its grand entrance, as far as I’m concerned, this very morning.
Hello to summer two, you hardy and hearty blooming beauty.
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And what a great entrance it made!! Muy Bonito!
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Si! Gracias, Senora B!
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Indeed! She is a beauty, Mark!
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Our little tree is growing up. I am so proud.
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She’s a beauty!
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yay for the crabapple fairy! beautiful and bright and happy for the warm sun )
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The crabapple fairy did an awesome job, we agree, Beth! Yay for red blossoms!
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I tried to leave this note last night when my ISP shut itself off, so here it is a little bit late. I forgot what I was going to say. It’s a beautiful tree Mark. I can’t wait to see photos of it as it grows larger each year, and stands on its own.
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I liked this a whole lot! It looks so much sturdier and hardier than the last year’s photo. I think you should have had the dog sit by it. To show its growth, since you have no little munchkins to place by it, measuring its height each year. I am teasing you, Mark! I found out that mathematical ‘story problem’ is solved about the water having one pound boxes of cereal for five years at a high production would save that 26 million gallons of water, by their changing the way they processed it. You may wish to edit this, but was not sure if you would go back and see, I had to reread that fact a few extra times to make heads or tails out of it! Smiles, Robin
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OK, I think I get the cereal think, but not really. Too complex for my scientific grasp, but thanks for trying!
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What a gorgeous tree! Can you eat crab apples? I love the shade of pink on those flowers! 😀
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I won’t try to eat them. They are small and hard. I imagine they would be bitter. I could look it up, though I’ve not heard of anybody around here eating them.
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Boo! 😦 I miss apple trees. But I don’t know one from another, just that I love them. At any rate, it is beautiful in your yard. 😀
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Crabapples are way different than apples, Rachel. Marble-sized.
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😦
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Beautiful blossom on the crab apple and I love the blog background. The blossom here has been and gone. Hopefully the pollinators have been busy.
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We are going to enjoy the week we have with the blossoms, Rachel! I hope your busy bees and birds did their jolly London work!
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That is a fantastic tree.
I wonder if they will grow in South Africa?
I’ll dig a hole in my garden for one to live in, for sure.
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I do not know if it would thrive in your climate. I’m sure Google would tell the tale. It is a pretty tree. Let me know if you put one in your garden, Random G.
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If I ever find one, you will be the first to know
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Love your little tree, it definitely speaks spring.
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Little by little, our little tree will get to be a medium tree! Thanks, Dora.
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Love this, Mark! And it reminds me of a photo that my father took of a crabapple he planted in our yard, when I was growing up. I’ll see if I can find that (black-and-white) photo, at some point. In any case, thanks for the beautiful tree, in the present, and I like the new blog background, too!
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Thank you, Ann, and I’d love to see the B&W of your dad’s crabapple.
I’m glad you like the new background. I was tired of my Mets stadium, and I like the new seasonal feel of Onondaga Lake Park budding out.
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I love the blooms of the crabapple! The tree is doing great, Mark 🙂
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A lot of love and a little luck, Amy! You know how that goes. Thank you.
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Yep! 🙂
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is beautiful ❤
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Thank you, coming from a great photographer of pretty flowers, that makes me happy, Leyla. 🙂
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Just wanted to comment on your blog’s new background… in the center near the top, before it gets obscured by the post when it loads, I believe I spy a squirrel’s nest! Whether or not it’s an evil squirrel’s nest I’m not sure…
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I noticed that nest, indeed, ESN. Of its intentions, I cannot be sure! Good eye, my friend.
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What a little beauty! She must be hardy to stand so tall after the kind of winters you guys endure on that side of the map. Nice pic, Beels.
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We are keeping her guide poles and wraps up for another season. Thanks, Sandra!
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I have no doubt she is in good hands with you and Dear Karen.
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I love the smell of blossoms! Glad your crabapple has taken root Mark.
Diana xo
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The sweet smell is fleeting, so we breathe deep, Diana. Thanks, and have a great Tuesday.
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Hey Mark ;D
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Not like your rolling landscapes in B.C. K, but we love our little tree.
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Would love to see tree when the apples are ready Mark … c 😉 Have a lovely day
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Not apples but tiny little crabapples, K. You have a great day, too.
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These would make yummy jelly Mark … c Have to run to work now take care 😉
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Lovely Mark!! I love things you only need to plant once. 🙂
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Yes. We go for all perennials except for a small smattering of Gerber daisies, for they were dear wife Karen’s daughter Danielle’s favorite.
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And that is a beautiful reason to plant them and love them. ❤
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Always and forever, my friend.
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❤
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No! No! No! Spring! Stay just a little.
Summers are brutal in the south.
Nice Photo.
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I hope your spring stays down there, Lance. I just saw forecast and it says 60 high for Saturday so it’s still spring here in Syracuse, too. I’m not rushing it. I’m just done with 40 and 50.
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This crabapple is truly beautiful, indeed.
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Thank you, Karen. It is a great feeling when you put a young tree in the ground and it appears to to like its new home!
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