Wooster Square Blossom Blog: Yo-yo Topsy Turvy Temps Slow Square's Shining Stars

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Yo-yo Topsy Turvy Temps Slow Square's Shining Stars

Wooster Square Walloped With Wind, Rain and Cold

Even under the best circumstances, our Special Square Sakura's are a fragile sort. Not that the tree is particularly difficult to grow or maintain. No it's not that.

The Cherry Trees are like any other fruit bearing tree that is subject to blooming early in spring, so it can spend all summer producing seeds and eating so it can survive the winter. Many an apple farmer will tell you that a spring frost can ruin the harvest.

Well we dodged a proverbial big biting flower frowning friggin frost fine friends. You see, when the blossom is in the Peduncle Elongation, which much of Hughes Place's trees are, frost is critical. Meaning, lets not have any or it will... (I can't even say it...)

So in the middle of Tuesday night with the winds howling, I just held my breath... Hoping not to walk Roxie, Zippy and Chyna and see Cherry Blossoms ripped from their pedestals, flung to the ground in tumultuous terror, terminating their journey to pink and white elation.

Temperatures hovered around 32 and we had a dusting of snow and ice. The winds topped 32 mph in our fair square. No brave soldiers were on the ground, but still standing their posts determined to burst with pride and show their Wooster Square Colors, pink and white.

Washington DC's cherry blossoms were indicative of the fleeting fun our flowers can be. Washington's were slow to Pop! this year too. But after a long wait they were spectacular. They were so inundated with crowds that they could not keep up with the trash.

Read about real garbage in Washington DC, really

But those same winds and rain that came screaming up the coast yesterday, all but devastated Washington DC's Cherry Blossoms. They peaked last Thursday, today they are mostly gone with the wind.

Waiting Wonder Awe,

Solemnly Sudden Sadness

Cherry Blossoms Fall

Bart and Cheryl's Haiku 2014

But here in the Wonderful World of Historic Wooster Square we are just beginning our

Sweet Square Sakura Celebration!

Yesterday was indeed sunny but COLD!

I managed to snap my daily photos but was able to take some shots in the park on the way to

New Haven Fitness this morning.

Take a look around the Square!

Sunglasses may be needed,

void where prohibited,