Friday, February 24, 2017

A Very Warm February

We have mostly had a warm February in Washington, DC. This morning I noticed someone carrying balloons to the house across the street, and was briefly confused: surely the boy's birthday was in late winter. Then I remembered that by the calendar it is late winter.

Yesterday I took some photographs as I walked down 16th St. NW to work:


(Meridian Hill Park, opposite Kalorama Road)


(About Swann St.)


(Just north of S St., across from the Masonic Temple)


(Immediately south of Scott Circle)

Today I took a couple more photographs on Taylor St. NW:


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I would have preferred the cold weather to stay longer. At this point, though, my chief wish is for rain.
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6 comments:

  1. JeffMarch 1, 2017 at 8:31 PM

    I popped into the city yesterday on an errand and was amazed by how much was in bloom. Out here in the boonies, not so much--although to my surprise, a dwarf honeysuckle I planted last year has suddenly decided it's time to live and grow like there's no tomorrow.

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    1. GeorgeMarch 2, 2017 at 4:10 PM

      Location does make a difference--the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin usually seem to be a couple of weeks behind those in the neighborhoods.

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  2. StephenMarch 10, 2017 at 5:57 AM

    There is much a-blooming in my neck of the woods, as well, with a cold snap on the way. Predictability will have to wait until April or May, I think...

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    1. GeorgeMarch 10, 2017 at 3:37 PM

      Another cold snap started today, the second in a couple of weeks. The first one did for the magnolia blossoms--though not the cherries or forsythia. The magnolias that I see have brown, wilted flowers. We won't be working in the yard this weekend, anyway.

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  3. zmkcMarch 12, 2017 at 6:37 AM

    My 90-year-old mother in Australia is united with you in a dominant wish for rain.

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