On Apr 10, 12:52*pm, Puester > wrote:
> It's April 10. *Spring flowers are in bloom. *The lupine,
> iris and day lilies are about 6 inches tall.
>
> The flowering and fruit trees are in bloom (You can see
> where this is going, can't you?) including our two mature
> apricot trees. *Leaves are emerging from buds on shade trees.
>
> We had many days in the low 70's in March.
>
> Today it is 30 degrees and SNOWING, with 6-8 inches forecast.
>
> Here we go, another year w/o home-grown apricots.
>
> I can't decide if it's fools not learning from former errors
> or hope springing eternal, but over the weekend we planted
> two cherry trees and another apricot (we hope it's a
> later-blooming one.)
>
> ;-(
> gloria p

Here, in the Pacific NW, we are looking at 70ish on Saturday. That
will be the nicest weather here this year so far! I can't wait, but
there's still plenty of time for the forecast to change!!