SakuraWatch 2011 Update 1
Let's bottom line this:
It's obviously too early for the sakura to come out. But I swung by the park anyway, just to check the progress.
There aren't any flowers out yet, but about 1/3 of the buds have a bit of green starting to push through the tips of the brown buds. This is the condition pretty much uniformly throughout the park.
As you can see on this map, I've broken the SakuraWatch down into five zones.
This year, I will be focusing on only four of these zones:
1: along the west side of the lake
3: north of the entrance, by the dirt lot
4: south of the entrance, on the grassy knoll
5: the west side of the peninsula that extends into the lake
First of all, the big dirt lot is still the big, fucked up mudhole it was last year. If anything, it's even more of a shithole.
Zone 1: Lakeside
These pics go from north to south, more or less.
The new trees planted last year aren't doing much yet.
Zone 3: North
Zone 4: Grassy Knoll
Zone 5: Peninsula
Here's a look at the rust bridge, the creek, and the bamboo grove.
