It was another of those great days in May that are not nearly common enough. The lilacs continue to bloom. This is another variety of lilac that always blooms about ten days after the common variety. The blooms and scent are somewhat alike, but recognizably different. The back yard smells mah-velous.
St Paul has a poetry project as part of the maintenance of the sidewalks in my part of the city, at least. They have a cache of poems that they imprint in new slabs of sidewalk when they are put in. Public Art St Paul had a contest to get people to send in short poems suitable for public display. They had an entry fee and a first place prize of $150. Their site has an explanation and the poems themselves. I discovered this example on Goodrich Avenue, I think, several blocks east of here.
Herb is back from another trip to Chicago and he brought back some of that Japanese candy Pocky. He says that he drove the rain on the road between here and Hudson. The sidewalks here remain dry.
3 comments:
Ah, more lilacs.
Still cold, and again rainy, here. Depressing.
Santini: We should change weather for a while. We need the rain. We had just a half inch in May and things are looking drought-like. At least the bright sun keeps our spirits up.
TT
The sun came out for a while this afternoon -- it does improve one's spirit. You're welcome to as much of our rain as you like. More on tap here tomorrow, they say.
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