Cherry pink

The cherry trees are in bloom! I missed Newark’s Cherry Blossom Festival in April, but that’s okay ‘cos they didn’t start flowering ’til recently anyway!

Apple blossom white

Oh, what, like I was going to visit a GARDEN and NOT take pictures of the pretty flowers? Come on now.

Bursting

What’s that, you say? You *still* don’t believe spring is springing? I offer this photographic evidence of a maple tree on the verge of bursting into some kind of bloom.

Cheer

Yeah, I know, I know, but dandelions are awesome, especially in the early spring, before half of them have gone to seed, and lawns are all spotted with these little yellow pompoms of cheerfulness. I like pompoms of cheerfulness! Who wouldn’t?

Someday you’ll be a beautiful flower

I’m thinking this is a dogwood bud. Thoughts?

Edit: Apparently it is not a dogwood bud. Perhaps it is the precursor to a flower that grows in clusters, like plums or apples.

Spot of sunshine

It seems that we skipped from late winter directly to early summer this past week— temperatures went from just above freezing this past weekend to nearly 80F yesterday. Sheeeesh! Two days! Maybe three.

I keep hoping I can squeeze another week or two out of my tweed blazers before packing them away, but I should probably give up the fight at this point.

Usually I enjoy spring, but this year it feels like nothing but the inevitable looming of summer. (I do not like summer.)

On the other hand, I’ll finally have the opportunity to jam-pack this blog with bazillions of clichéd but amusing flower macros (like these little crocuses!).

Pre-daffodils

I’m running late tonight, so… just a quick daffodil bud for your enjoyment.

Buddies

Oh boy it must be spring!

Crocuses are croaking!

Spring is coming! Or actually, I guess it’s been here since March 20th. But if the crocuses are up, then warmer weather is DEFINITELY on its way!

Spring house!

This week is so full of winter, ugh. I mean, snow is prettier than the usual barren brown winter colors, and I’d take winter over summer any day, but seriously, I am ready for spring, aren’t you?

So HERE IS A SPRING HOUSE!!!

It’s part of Berkeley Heights’ Littel-Lord Farmstead.

That’s all well and good (I hear you say), but WHAT IS A SPRING HOUSE?

A spring house is a sort of old-fashioned refrigerator. Back in the olde days, you’d go find a natural spring, and build a little shed on it, and voila! you could keep your perishables longer ‘cos they were cooled with freezing spring water. Like an ice box without ice. (And it self-replenishes!)

And this building might be the last known spring house in New Jersey, which is pretty nifty!

 

References:

Berkeley Heights Historical Society (Documented September 1, 2012). Spring House (sign). 28-31 Horseshoe Rd., Berkeley Heights, NJ.

“Spring house.” (Last edit Dec 2012). Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_house.