Real Life Conversations with JT: Weather edition

The backstory:  We’ve had some heavy rains in the last few days and, like many gardeners, I’ve been glad to see the storms.  Naturally, I mentioned to JT that we needed the rain.

JT:  Every single person over the age of 35 says the same thing when it rains…..”good thing it’s raining…we really needed it.”  No one under 35 ever says that. 

Me:  You’re not wrong.  But we did need the rain. 

JT (heavy signs with eye rolling) 

Me:  Now you can look forward to turning 35.

May 1st: Dogwood Report

The last few days seem to have confirmed that old adage that April showers bring May flowers.  In the last 24 hours, we had 5 inches of cold, heavy rain with resulting flooding nearly everywhere I turn.  Had I made a picture of the dogwood this morning, it would have been a sad and soggy display.  But as the day went on, it emerged as quite glorious, with a bright blue sky and warm sunshine, as if New Jersey had been scoured clean.  The state cleans up well and if the latter half of this day is any indication, May might very well be glorious.  The dogwood is slowly coming along.

There are small green leaves and a few of the flowers have emerged.  

This the slowest Spring I can recall in New Jersey, but with May at the doorstep I have to believe that warm days will follow.

That’s happy!

Lakeside Property

My regular 1st of the month post will resume shortly but this morning, after buckets and buckets of rain, I've got a picture of my backyard which confirms the virtues of a basement pump.  Once again, I am reminded that much of New Jersey lives right on the water table.  And in my case, these days I live below it.