What's the weather where you are?

We had one (1) really warm day last week and all the roses and irises around the neighborhood went KABOOM. I don't like taking walks during the day because there are so many people around, but I really want to see those flowers in the daylight. Even at night they're spectacular.

All the blossoming trees are done blossoming and fully leafed out. I always have a moment in early spring when I irrationally worry that the trees won't grow leaves, and it's always reassuring when they do. No matter how eagerly I look for it, I still have a day of feeling surprised that suddenly all the trees have these big leaves on them! Where did they come from? When did that happen? But when I sit on our front stoop in the afternoon, the sun is shining from the north, not the south, and I have to position myself just right so the leafy trees down the block don't keep its light from reaching me.

It was still chilly enough to wear a hoodie for tonight's walk, and it's supposed to be rainy and cool for the next couple of days. But by the middle of next week we'll get into proper early summer weather at last: sunny, temps in the 70s F, and a thunderstorm on the horizon.

Thanks to tozka and mific for posting here while I've been off in the lands of Real Life. I hope to get back to posting more and I encourage others to do the same! Even if the only weather you're enjoying right now is through your window.

We had a very warm February and all the trees are blooming much earlier than usual, even though March weather has felt much more traditionally Marchish with a lot of chilly rain. Brooklyn has many cherry and magnolia trees as well as the Callery pears that are common throughout NYC. I love them all (even the invasive species). I took a couple of photos of pear trees last week on a bright sunny day. The enormous puffs of white flowers are dramatic, but I like them better when they've leafed out and some of the petals have fallen and they're a beautiful mix of white and fresh green.

This weekend J and I are hoping to walk down to the Brooklyn Museum—a long walk from our house—and see the cherry trees out front. There are two different species of cherries there and I think the early bloomers will be just past their peak and the late bloomers still just budding, but it's our 14th wedding anniversary and we always celebrate with cherry trees, whatever state they're in. (We honeymooned in Japan in cherry blossom season.) Ideally we'll have decent weather for the walk; highs are in the mid-50s, which feels cool for this time of year, and the 10-day forecast shows a lot of cloud cover and at least a chance of showers every day. I don't mind being rained on, but I'm not fond of being cold. In a few months we'll get warm summer rain, which is my favorite.