Hi, everyone!
I like to see all my flower friends in full bloom, but it’s hard to know when that will happen! We had two or three really warm days, but since then we’ve had below average temperatures and above average amounts of rain! After a day of steady rain at the end of April, the late blooming daffodils were really discouraged!
When May started, so did the blossoms on our apple trees in town. The lilacs were getting ready to bloom, too!
There’s a big festival at Highland Park when the lilacs bloom! Grandma doesn’t like the crowds, so we stay away then. This year, the festival was timed perfectly for when the lilacs bloomed. Grandma took us four days early to see what was blooming and promised we could go back as soon as the festival was over. The kwanzan cherry trees on Reservoir Avenue were in full bloom! So were the late magnolias. It was dry and sunny, so we posed in the hollow tree.
We saw some pretty magnolias on our way to the lilacs! Most of the lilacs weren’t quite open yet, but we could tell what the colors in bloom were going to be.
After we walked through the lilacs, we stopped at the pansy bed. It hasn’t quite bloomed fully, so the yellow star design isn’t showing up. We went back to the car by way of the azalea gully. That mostly blooms later than the lilacs, but there were some early bloomers at the very top!
When we got home, we visited our own blossoms — the apple trees and lilac. The discouraged daffodils managed to stand up, too!
Last weekend, we went out to the bay again. The sun is setting far enough north to be over the lake again, so we went to the Point to watch sunset. The work on the east breakwall is still going on. Guess what? A great blue heron flew past and landed right by the pier!
We had a pretty sunrise Saturday morning! The azaleas at the bay are close to blooming, but not quite there yet. My primrose friend is in full bloom! The water level is still getting higher. I’m glad our shoreline has more protection now than the last time the water level got this high!
This week, while the lilac festival is going on at Highland Park, we have our own blossom festival at home. My Sensation lilac is blooming, and so are the other lilacs. Our azaleas are in bloom, too! I hope the Highland Park lilacs will still be in bloom next Monday, when the festival is over. I’m looking forward to seeing our azaleas at the bay, too!
Love,
Lion-san
You are lucky to have such a lovely park with so many blooming trees and plants nearby.
Betsy