4/19/10 "WOODSMAN, DON'T PLANT THAT TREE"

COOL AND HAZY WITH NO RAIN IN SIGHT
CREEPING PHLOX ARE BLOOMING
Monday, 7:30 AM. 36 degrees, up from 33 earlier. There is frost on roofs this morning. Wind SW, light. The channel is glassy, the sky mostly cloudless but hazy, and the barometer predicts another sunny, rainless day. The cool temperatures at least ameliorate the drought somewhat.
The creeping phlox, Phlox subulata, are starting to bloom. They are native to dry hillsides further south and east and have long been a garden favorite, with white, pink and blue selections available.
At 7:00 PM tonight the Tree Board has a public meeting to discuss this year’s tree planting sites and selections. We had vociferous objections to city trees from a few very vocal individuals last year who claimed trees would interfere with their view of the lake. So, we decided to debate these issues in public so those objecting to trees could argue with their neighbors rather than abuse the volunteer tree board. It has been the adverse of "woodsman, spare that tree." I’ll let you know what happens.
A pair of chickadees has investigated the birdhouse on the back porch twice. Yesterday they brought the listing agent, so they are evidently serious about moving in.