Thursday, 8:30 AM. 53 degrees, wind S, calm. The channel is like glass, the sky mostly blue and the barometer predicts rain. Showers have occurred in the region, and copious rain as fallen to the south, but none for us. If no rain in the next 24 hours I will have to get out the hoses and sprinklers.
The tree pictured is a cherry from central China, growing on the corner of Tenth and Wilson. It is Prunus serrula, I have no common name for it. It is handsome in flower and fruit, but its main attraction is the mahogany colored, exfoliating bark, very handsome in winter but obscured by foliage now. It is difficult to obtain, but this one I am sure came from the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
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