Our crabapple tree has started to burst into bloom. Isn't it pretty?
Today is an unexpected work from home day for me. We have very strong storms set to roll through the area in two waves, bringing extremely high winds, large hail, and the possibility of tornadoes. The district made the call last night to switch to an e-learning day (along with other districts across the area) for safety reasons. I can answer the school phone via the Zoom app on my personal phone, and there are several tasks I can complete from my home computer. It's nice to sip coffee and work in my pjs, not to mention sleeping a bit later since I didn't have to be logged on until 8:00 as opposed to being physically at work at 7:00. It's also nice to be able to write a blog post while "at work"!
It was a nice, warm, sunny weekend and I got a lot done. I'm in the process of potting up dozens of tomato and herb seedlings, and my lettuce and carrots (planted out a couple of weeks ago in the raised beds) are growing nicely. The two new roses are leafing out and doing really well, too. Hopefully we won't get large hail today that could easily damage them. And I dread any major storms because of how stressed out the dogs will get. I got up early and made sure they were fed and taken out to relieve themselves, because once it starts to rain hard (and especially once it starts to thunder and lightning) they'll refuse to go out. One can hardly blame them!
I'll report back later on any storm damage. Here's hoping it's not too bad and doesn't wreak havoc in my garden. A work from home day isn't worth all that!
12 comments:
I hope your power stays on and you continue safely working at home in pjs.
Thinking of your garden and the dogs, and keeping my fingers crossed that the storm won't be too bad in your area, and hopefully not bring any hail!
I hope your beautiful crabapple blossoms survive the storm! Do you make crabapple jelly from the fruit of your tree?
That truly is a beautiful bloom. It has all the colors of my favorite camellia.
Enjoy your day and I hope all is well after the storm.
I love the picture of the crab apple. We are still in what I call the spring thaw phase
Here's hoping you escape any serious damage!
So hope you’re escaping the worst of the storm. We had a crab apple tree in our garden when I was a kid. I LOVED that tree so LOVE seeing your photo.
The bloom is beautiful. We have more rain moving into the area later this evening, but that's all we're going to be getting.
Your crab apple tree is just beautiful! Hoping the rains and winds don't damage it! We had nasty storms over the weekend by power was back by Monday so school was held, whew!
Do you make crab apple Jelly? It was a favourite of mine when I was little.
I hope the day went well and your dogs weren't stressed.
I love this time of year, wandering through 😠the horrible weather seems to be affecting everyone everywhere. I gave up on setting the clocks. Everytime I set them, we lost power again!
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