Spring!

Finally the trees have begun to green out a bit. The populars are especially coming along. This is the one in back - just off the back porch.

The maples have put out their helicopter wings - The ones around here are bright red. When I was growing up, the maple in my granny's yard made bigger ones (HUGE!) that were palest yellow green. It is probably the different types of maples. I have trouble telling the red maples from the yellow maples, until fall.

Tonight it may get down to thirty and I'm worringy about my fruit trees. They have all just come out with buds. The bing cherries actually have leaves! And the damsen plums had a few little tiny white blossoms on them. All of my blueberries have also begun to put out littlel buds on their branches. I really hope they are good in the morning. I will be up early to take the girls in, and I will probably go out to check on them.

At least it will be nicer over the next few days to help them recover.

Steve has been working a bit extra lately. He has been part of the meetings at work about starting an E.D. residency. He loves being an attending and teaching - but I don't want him working too hard like before. At least this place pays him for hours worked (yay!). At least that creates a kind of limit on how many hours a week he will be working. It should also get better on the next schedule.

Hugs - Ginger