Just like that, stirrings on the front tree

When my dear wife Karen and I left for a Saturday safe outing, our lone front yard tree showed signs of bursting forth. When we returned an hour-plus later, the buds had really burst. The pods stood out against the late April sky. Our dogwood is getting ready to deliver more. I looked it up…

Our dogwood is looking good

Now that my old friend Greg Boytos has convinced me that my front yard tree is a dogwood, it has come out in full for my dear wife Karen and I to celebrate. (I’m not saying that Greg is old, mind you, because he and I are roughly the same age. I am saying that…

Hello, buds

I’m yearning for the flowering our our front yard lilac tree. The emergence of buds has my attention.

Sparse year for the pretty tree up front

Before I forget, I must reveal that it was a sparse season for our front yard flowering dogwood. The blossoms came and went quickly. They were more spare. They were not as bright white. I’m chalking it off to the lingering stay of winter. Hopefully the dogwood will have a more robust growth cycle next…