-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Nancy Backus on 04-14-13  10:44 <=-   
      
    NB>> At least we are also getting a few minutes of real sun just about   
    NB>> every day to go along with the rain...  :)  I know we've got flood   
    NB>> watches in place, but at least where I've been, things aren't too   
    NB>> bad... and from what I hear, we actually do need this rain.  :)   
      
    MR> This is our week, I can feel it. This is the week we turn the corner   
    MR> into spring!! ;)   
       
   One can but hope... after all, we ARE halfway through April now... :)   
      
    NB>> Yup, the forsythia next door is yellowing up nicely..  :)  And my   
    NB>> bulbs have leaves well up and some buds showing for the daffodils..  :)   
    MR>    
    MR> Yes, I have to do some homework too. There is a certain window to trim   
    MR> back the lilacs, I think just after the blooms die off. I need to do   
    MR> some trimming this year for sure.   
      
   That sounds about right... the buds are set now, so you don't want to   
   trim now, you'd lose all the blooms...     
       
    MR>> I am not sure of the exact date, but if I remember right, last   
    MR>> year at this time. Lilacs were already blooming. A full month early. I   
    MR>> had never seen them that early before here in NY. The magnolias were   
    MR>> already gone.   
    NB>> Last year was just an anomaly... and then we got our usual frosts   
    NB>> back... this year is much more normal... for spring, anyway...  ;)   
       
    MR> Definitely, Never saw a Winter/Spring like that one in my life....   
      
   It indeed was rather bizarre...  We'd had early warmth, but not that   
   stayed so long it totally confused the plant life...    
      
    MR> ... Stop tagline theft! Copyright your tagline (c)   
      
   Yeah, right....  like that would work...     
      
   ttyl        neb   
      
   ... Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.   
      
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