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last night the evening's spring warmth was briefly disrupted by a front coming through, all thunder and lightning on its leading edge with wind and rain behind it.  by the morning it was long gone but everywhere around the transitions seemed to have picked up their pace a bit.

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more signs of spring, they're busting out all over.

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Grove Avenue

three stages of a Magnolia coming into bloom:

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these rhododendron bushes just haven't gotten the word that around here the middle of March is way too early to come into bloom.

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Grove Avenue

as seen from the Chestnut Road side:

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Jackson Park's crocus meadow had come into bloom late the previous weekend but the last day's waning light had not provided much in the way of opportunities to view or share the phenomenon ( Read more... )

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the past couple of days it was cold.  cold cold ( Read more... )

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the afternoon was so pleasant I couldn't find it in me to remain sensibly indoors.  surely fresh air and a bit of a walk would do more good than more resting, right?

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Knott Park

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these images are a couple of weeks old, having been taken on 25 November as part of location scouting for another project.  I have no idea why I didn't get around to posting them then but late is, one hopes, better than never.

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Grove Avenue

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lots of overcast today but now and then the light came through and did wonderful things with the leaves; the Maples (both sugar and Japanese) are about at their peak now.

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Grove Avenue

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morning glory on its way up meets mimosa on its way down.

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Grove Road

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it's after 22:00 and the 'phone rings.  a neightbour who had been out walking his dog called to let me know that night blooming jasmine was out on upper Grove Avenue so would I head over there to get a picture?

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