Easter Sunday for non-religious celebrants is all about the renewal that comes with Spring. That Easter follows the ancient Jewish lunar calendar (makes sense, considering the direct relationship to Passover) means every year is a little different, depending on how far along in Spring we are. This year the holy days felt much later than usual. And the plants knew it.
Beloved Carl Schurz Park offered an abundance of Spring floral exuberance, and some overachievers - gunners, if you will - that are perhaps a little early for Summer. They offered a welcome distraction from the first attempted run in some weeks? months?, as opposed to the fast walk that's become the norm of late - little bits of rest that felt deliberate, and not just the result of being out of shape.
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| Most striking of the bunch today. A flowering plum, maybe? |
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| Poor stuck little kite. |
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| Pretty architectural detail. Passed it so many times and only now noticing. |
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| Rare afternoon just-so illumination of the little lilac ... |
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| ... ah, this explains it! |
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| Sad, dried up Thai lime. A victim of this neglectful plant mommy's underwatering. |
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| Attempting to salvage the dried leaves. They still have some fragrance in them. |
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| The lilies of the valley made it through winter. They are climatized, although results in a small pot are always anyone's guess. |
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| Thai lime tree, trimmed. |
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| Dried Thai lime leaf harvest. |
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