Nor’easters tend to stick around like a tedious dinner guest and this one is definitely over staying its welcome. This week is probably a wash and the ground is still pretty squishy (with rain in the forecast through Thursday, the property might be wellie worthy for days.) Good news is, the rock and water gardens are not completely under water anymore — look at the difference! And just to tantalize you, see how sweet the rock garden is right now! Unfortunately though, the rock and water gardens are off limits to visitors until it dries out a bit (I snuck in - shhhh! don’t tell the guys! - but wait, I work here…). Fred and Dan have done a beautiful job cleaning up the Bosquet - not a twig out of place even after last night’s gale and the Daffodils are so close!! Saturday and Sunday are supposed to be balmy — in the low 60’s - can you stand it?! With the sun out and the daffs peeking (but not quite peaking) it’s bound to be just right for a walk around Blithewold. Plus you might get to see some fine fashion on fellow visitors - rubber shoes and shorts are all-the-rage!

Meanwhile in the greenhouse, Gail and I are fed up to our cotyledons with transplanting. Remember, it’s a good idea when transplanting lanky stretchy things like tomatoes to sink them up to their necks - good roots will grow from the stem.

Water, water everywhere! High tide this morning was HIGH. When I drove in this morning I wondered “what the heck is that is out in the bay?…” It was the GARDEN.

There’s nothing like a big storm to infuse a little drama in the daily slog. I would say that last night’s storm wasn’t pretty but, in a way, it was. Destructive, certainly! — but also beautiful in an awesome sort of way. (People with tree smashed cars and houses and flooded basements may disagree with me…) Blithewold lost some sizable tree pieces but the damage isn’t too terrible considering the size and location of the property and the sheer number of special specimens. (knock-on-wood; the storm’s not done yet!)

The Daffodils, thank goodness, look fine. If more of them were open, they might all look like this:

Most of the Daffs in the Bosquet are still looking snug in the bud though and quite perky despite all the wind, rain and sticks. By the time the weather improves, we should be cleaned up again and with any luck (cross your fingers) the Daffodils will be ready too!