After days of temperatures in the 50s and 60s (Fahrenheit), yesterday’s forecast on my Weatherbug app read, “Cloudy with rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers in the morning… Little or no snow accumulation.” Wait, what?!… Snow??? Nooooooo…… Hasn’t anyone told Mother Nature that Spring officially started last Sunday? OK, we’re talking about flurries at worst and only during …
Tag Archives: Gardens
1,501 New Housemates: Chloë & Friends
After months of searching in vain for fresh calamansi in every grocery that has crossed our path (no, Dorothy, you’re not in Hawaii any more), we’ve finally found a reliable source for this unique and essential lime… a tree of our own! We named her Chloë. She’s already in flower and has a few fruit …
Spring at Brookside
It’s sunny and warm today…YAY!! The last time it was this nice, I found myself at the Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland, and came across this goose by the side of the brook that runs along the east side of the Gardens. It may not have been a golden egg she was guarding, but I’m …
Happy May Day
Happy May Day! My spring sabbatical is officially over with a welcome to the warm weather ahead. YAY!!! The weather here in metro D.C. has been quite chaotic lately — swinging between the mid 40s and high 80s. Lots of rain, too. I understand now where the expression, “April showers bring May flowers” comes from! …