By our northeast corner post:
Here it is again, two weeks later:
Trees
Cherokee Princess
Cherokee Princess, a flowering dogwood cultivar.
Said to be the industry standard for white blooms. Ours are more cream than white. We have many wild dogwoods, but none are blooming yet. This one came from a nursery a few years ago, replacing the gorgeous weeping cherry felled on this spot by the snow. (But a week later they seemed white enough. Below I added a few more pictures taken Saturday 16 April, just as the rain began.)
Wikipedia reference: Cornus florida
Northern Magnolias
At home, about 8am Saturday, 9 April 2011, after a cold, drizzy night at the end of a week with both warm and cool days, some strong wind, and at least one brief spell of heavy rain. (Through the winter, we have to surround these trees with 5′ wire fencing to save their large, fuzzy buds from the deer.)
Below, a few shots of the same from Monday afternoon this week.
Here’s a reference to Gardening-Guy.com, on what looks like the same plant.
Ice
on the Cherokee Princess Dogwood by the porch
Checking the feeders early
Click the goldfinch to enlarge.
A chilly midwinter morning
Thursday’s 2½” hadn’t melted much by Sunday morning.
I know I could easily straighten the woodpile but then the house would be crooked.
Walked the dogs to the pond and back Saturday morning
Gazing out the office window
| A red oak visible 150 feet from my cubicle window, often convenient for a half dozen mourning doves. |  |
Labor Day maple leaves
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Quite a lot of yellow on the little maple tree near our bedroom window. Click the pic to enlarge. |