Lovely, lovely May

It's the month of May, the month when we gardeners go out of our minds with delirium. Just when I'm thinking NOTHING is more beautiful than the marble pink of magnolia soulangeana blossoms against a stormy gray April sky, May presents herself with lilacs, daphne, and glossy green, lime green, lettuce green, velvet green green green green... if we're lucky, we get some soft spring days before summer's fiercer heat... but Pittsburgh's Mays are generally chilly and rainy. So we shall see.

This year's cherry tree bloom was a bit anemic, which worries me, so I'm posting a photo of last year's bloom, which was spectacular... right outside my window...












Back in the real world, I was in Washington, DC, last week, reporting on how the city has changed or not changed in the first 100 days of Obama. You can read about it here.


Better yet, check out my video version of the story at http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/?videoid=101823