MOTHERS' DAY, JUNEBERRY AND PIZZA

MOTHERS' DAY AT HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH

JUNE BERRY IN BLOOM...

...IT'S REALLY SPRING!

DA LOU'S PIZZA, WASHBURN...ABSOLUTELY THE REGION'S BEST!

Monday, 10:30 AM.  50 degrees F at the ferry dock, 55 on the back porch.  Wind NE, calm with moderate gusts.  The sky is clear, the humidity 62%, the barometer stands at 30.02" and is relatively steady.  Chance of rain showers middle of the week.
   The first really significant native flowering tree of spring, the Juneberry, of which there are several species, has begun to bloom.  The one pictured is probably Amelanchier arborea, in the Rose Family.  A usually small understory tree, it bears small, cherry-sized, edible blue-black berries in June (difficult to get the fruit before the birds and animals do).  It is a very decorative small tree, with smooth gray bark when young and good fall color.  It is often sold as A. laevis, which is a actually a shrubby native Juneberry.  It is native throughout most of the North American continent east of the Mississippi river and south of the Boreal Forest.  It is reasonably trouble free and will tolerate some shade. 
   Our historic Christ Church had a Mothers' Day service, which we attended, and the little church was resplendent with daffodils.  We went to Da Lou's Pizzaria in Washburn for dinner, and enjoyed the wood fired pizza, which I count as the best in the region.