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spring

I know I've seen the flowers on the Elm trees and the Maples before and the
new leaves an all the deciduous trees but its like the first time, this year.

Twice in the last couple of months I have had the pleasure on driving from
Quincy California to Berkeley via Truckee.  Which means about a 50 mile
decent from 7000 feet or so to sea level.  Or in other words from winter to
spring.
>From snow and grey granite rocks to bare trees to budded trees-many
different shades of light green, grey, and pink--to new leaves to blooming
Ceanothus and Fremontodendron-to Cercis.  That slope takes less than an hour
to come down (70 miles per hour on a 6 lane freeway) And is breathtaking any
time of year.  Oh I forgot the wonderful catkins on the alders and the all
colors of orange to red of the water side willows.

This week everything in the garden has new leaves and the bugs and diseases
haven't started in yet--it is very exciting.  The roses are getting
underway, the wisteria is almost over and so is the redbud.  The lillys are
pushing up from the ground and the perrenials are about 6 inches tall and I
have installed the various props before they fall over--for once.

Yes, it is true that I sold my own garden, but I take care of a wonderful
one acre garden on Orinda and it fulfills my need to have a garden, so far.
I am beginning to put things in where I live--I can't help it.

I enjoy you all very much!
Judy Houck, Berkeley (and Quincy) California
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