You know I got something better than a swimming pool

[sovay]

Rabbit, rabbit! Happy May Day! I slept an hour and went to another doctor's appointment!

I recognize it says nothing for my botanical competence that I didn't realize we had a lilac in our back yard until it started to bud, but since I had been desperately missing the lilac that used to grow in a second-story tree past the back deck of our previous apartment, I am extremely glad to see this one.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Ahhhh, beautiful ^_^

So glad you have one.

[sovay]

So glad you have one.

I love them. I associate them with the arboretum and my grandmother. This one already smells headily sweet. And most of our back yard is kind of a wasteland, so it is especially nice to have something so important growing in it.

[vass]

A wasteland should definitely have lilacs.

[sovay]

A wasteland should definitely have lilacs.

It does say so in the second line, good point.

[desireearmfeldt]

I am pleased to report that our little several-years-old lilac is putting out flowers -- I was afraid the scorch-and-then-false-spring of last summer/fall might have toasted it.

[sovay]

I am pleased to report that our little several-years-old lilac is putting out flowers -- I was afraid the scorch-and-then-false-spring of last summer/fall might have toasted it.

Congratulations! I am glad it has survived. My mother was worrying about our dogwood similarly, but I was able to ascertain that it is beginning to put on new leaves.

[pameladean]

Oh, the lilac is a wonderful discovery!

We have a volunteer one that actually grew from a seed dropped by the neighbors' ancient bush, and although it did not bloom last year during the drought, I have very high hops that with the very wet winter it will get things together this spring. Right now, properly for its latitude and the reluctant spring (apparently that is almost a technical term, who knew), it is carefully contemplating the possibility of some leaves.

P.

[sovay]

Oh, the lilac is a wonderful discovery!

I looked through the kitchen window one morning and there it was!

Right now, properly for its latitude and the reluctant spring (apparently that is almost a technical term, who knew), it is carefully contemplating the possibility of some leaves.

Oh, that's cool. An explorer. I hope it makes it.

(Our spring just dumped two days' worth of rain on us, which I am hoping is of some use to the depleted water table, because all it did for me was make me break out the umbrella.)

[kathmandu]

In fairness, you have spent a lot of this spring intensely sleep-deprived and only marginally conscious. It probably impairs one's ability to notice and identify lilac leaves.

[sovay]

In fairness, you have spent a lot of this spring intensely sleep-deprived and only marginally conscious. It probably impairs one's ability to notice and identify lilac leaves.

This is a legitimate argument. Thank you for pointing it out.

[minoanmiss]

*concurs*

[sovay]

*concurs*

*hugs*

[boxofdelights]

Lovely!

[sovay]

Lovely!

Thank you!

[nineweaving]

What a gift!

Nine

[sovay]

What a gift!

It's the best part of the back yard beyond some kind of flowering ornamental that I should also take a picture of.

[vass]

Rabbit rabbit!

Lilacs are so... lilac. That is a thing about them.

[sovay]

Rabbit rabbit!

Thank you!

Lilacs are so... lilac. That is a thing about them.

I really appreciate it.

[lokifan]

Gooorgeous! I love lilac!

Lovely to find plants you like in a new place - I was very happy to find cherry trees by my train station.

[sovay]

Gooorgeous! I love lilac!

Thank you! It's really flourishing at the moment.

Lovely to find plants you like in a new place - I was very happy to find cherry trees by my train station.

I can see why. Cherries by a train station just sound good.