Happy Easter to all. Yesterday we enjoyed sunshine; today was cloudy and another round of rain is due tonight. The weather is a little hard on the flowering plants, but we trust all of this water will be treasured sometime next summer! One of our redbuds seems arrested in mid bloom from recent cold nights, but the other one, above, is blooming well. In fact, this week could be called Redbud Week because so many are in bloom along roadsides and in parks, as well as neighborhoods.
Last Tuesday the sun was shining for a while and I was suddenly aware of just how green the grass is getting. New growth on established plants is coming up every day as well. Norm's Arch Mixture grass seed is responding well and filling in winter's bare spots.
Flowering plums are all over town this week as well. The fragrance is almost over powering when you pass one, as we did this one on our walk yesterday. A hopeful sign: bees were busy here and elsewhere.
The university campus has a nice grove of these light pink crab apples. This past week has also been crab apple week, but I've had a hard time taking pictures because of the rain.
This is the view from the car as we drove down Skinker Blvd. in North St. Louis on our way to church this morning. Both sides are lined with blooming crab apples that appear to be decades old. They have survived storms, drought and fireblight and still put on a show.
Our day began with getting up early to bake an egg/sausage/hashbrown casserole for the Easter Breakfast at church. The service was well attended and lively. We had all four babies in the service at the same time--a first. I've posted more about that on the Compton Rising blog if you want to see them.
And speaking of babies, congratulations to Michelle and Matt H. of our extended family on the birth of their daughter, Lilian Ella, who will be called Lily. She arrived on Thursday and we look forward to meeting here. Congratulations also to Doug and Matt (who is Michelle's brother,) who are now uncles to a very pretty little girl.
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