Yesterday's Small Pleasures

There are two happenings that I can predict every single year.

Firstly, the Mock Orange tree will bloom the first week in July.  It bloomed to greet us when we moved in, it bloomed on the day of David's nephew Wayne's funeral ( his Mother stood in front of it and cried, that day), and it has bloomed every year since, despite, or maybe because of, our very serious pruning.  With all of the cold weather and rain, it didn't bloom last week.  But yesterday, in the cold and wind, it was a mass of white.

Secondly, the Nanking Cherries will bloom early in the spring, and that day or the next, there will be a wind and rain storm to knock all of the bloom off.  This happens every stinkin' year! Then it is a waiting game to see how much fruit sets, if any.  Yesterday, for the first time this year, I noticed the red of fruit in the bushes, and a lot of red!

And how was your day?