Wednesday, March 27, 2019

So far in 2019, Spring is acting well, just like Spring!

Chilly Temps keep clamps on Blossoms but

 longer days mean 

buds just weeks away!


Our Fair Square is Bare

While your snow shovel is still 
leaning against your back door, 
we are slowly warming up here in 
World Famous, Historic Wooster Square!
This bud's for you!

Although we have yet to receive temps that remind us that it is spring, Spring arrived nonetheless.

And here in Wooster Square, we are
getting ready for the 46th Annual

In fact, while I write the 238th edition
of the Wooster Square Blossom Blog,
we only have 33 days until that date.
But the question remains...
When will the Blossoms Peak.

These Freaky Fickle Flowers can be Finicky!


So as I document the Cherry Blossom progress over the next few weeks, you'll have a pretty good idea when to call in sick for a 
Pizza Park Pink Party People!

Or maybe your getting engaged. Or just had a baby. Or want to get some wedding pictures.

Whatever the reason, you'll want to know when the Cherry Blossoms will be just right for your photo shoot.

Wait a minute Mr. Blossom Blogger-
don't they have the Cherry Blossom Festival
on the day that the Blossoms peak?

Well, that is all well and said, but it has to be on a Sunday, so that rules out 6 other days.

And it can't be on Palm Sunday. 
Or Easter.

So that leaves the last Sunday of the Month.

Got all that? Also, almost 10,000
people come to the Festival so there 
is a level of planning that takes
a least a year in advance.

 We Wooster Squarians prepare year round.
And besides, that is my official job as
Chief Bloomologist by the powers
granted to the Historic Wooster Square Commision
from Benedict Arnold himself!*
*not everything you read on the internet is true.

 So while I calculate the date of peak bloom, take a look at some photos from around the Square today!
3-27-2019
Saving you a seat.
Tiny tips of green in front of St. Mikes
A ways to go
History loves Company
Get your peanuts here!
The hope of Spring is in the air!
After years, Wooster Square will be connected to downtown through two new apartment developments
Florets visible on Warren Street!
(16-21 days to peak)
The show is about to begin!

 Don't miss out!

 Follow the Wooster Square Blossom Blog on twitter 
and on facebook and instagram for all the latest!
We Wait!

 Washington DC's Blossoms are peaking this weekend if your interested!

 Ours will follow, still looking to around the weekend of Easter Sunday!

 Don't forget to vote for me for best local blogger and tweeter 
(blossomblogger)

 vote here for Wooster Square and your Blossom Blogger!

See you in the voting booth
or
See You Round the Square!

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Monday, March 18, 2019

We have signs of Blossoms awakening in Wooster Square!

Blossom Mathematics, Theory and Floral Flapdoodle.

We interrupt the normal jovial blog posts for
a serious special sakura study!

Followed by current photos 
predictions & predilections on
our precious pink pretties!

Although copied and pasted from a
previous post here are the
Six Stages of a Cherry Blossom.
(please follow closely. The complexity is large.
Not suitable for young children,
 or those with a heart condition. 
Portions are not edible and are 
edited from the NPS website. Photos are all
from Wooster Square.)

1. Green Buds
      Buds go from dormant to showing green buds.





2.  Florets Visible
       You can see the buds starting to form.
       Average 16-21 days until peak




3. Extension of Florets
    Average 12-17 days to peak.
     
    


4.  Peduncle Elongation
     Average 6-10 days (frost bad now!)




5. Puffy White/Pink (varieties)
    Average 4-6 days to peak



6. Peak Bloom 
    Average 0 days to peak (hey, they are peaking!)



Don't want to miss this?

You don't have too! 
Follow me on our Facebook page
and blossomblogger 
on twitter & instagram.

That's all well and good in the past, 
but what about today, March 18, 2019?

See the green peaking through?

Our tree that usually blooms first on Hughes Place.
You can see that there is a large branch that has broken.
(oh the arboristic agony!)

Still pretty snug as buds in the club.

Pop goes spring!

Brown Green on Wooster Park

Fence Foto Fun Folks!

#1 Pizza Place in the USA!

This Bud's for You!

Sleepy Square Stirs Slowly

Show me the Money!
(Green)

Frosty end to Winter!

We wait.

Columbus Calculates Cooly

Blue buds

History loves Company

Soon to be Shining

Today like this...

And tomorrow!

Pink Power!

So, when will Wooster Square's 
Cherry Blossoms Peak?

We have to wait and see. Washington DC's 
are right on Schedule to 
Peak around April 6th.

That would historically make ours peak around Easter Sunday or 
Monday the 22nd.

Heat, wind, cold, rain and plain stubbornness
are some of the variable we need to watch
for the next few days.

Stay tuned to the 
Wooster Square Blossom Blog 
for up to the minute Blossom Business!

See you in line at Pepe's 

or

See You Round the Square!!

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Wooster Square Cherry Blossoms 2019 Report

Spring is Coming!


Like Game of Thrones, we like to make a big deal 
out of our season that is coming:
Spring!

I know that right about now you're wondering,
  after 10 inches of snow in the area, 
will spring ever come?
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Ah, but these seasons here 
in New England Change.

 We go from the cold snow and ice to
a warm and welcoming Spring.
2018

 Or not! Sometimes Spring Temps
just don't measure up.

 You see, that is what makes reporting on these
precious pink pretties so precarious!

 You have to factor in the weather 
and warm temps that may never come.
Winter got you blue?
But our Beautiful Bright Blossoms 
always come back, year after year!


In case you haven't heard, in Washington DC
they have a few Cherry Trees.

 Remember? 

 George Washington chopped one down the story goes and Japan felt bad, 
really bad because they love 
Cherry Trees and their fleeting beauty.

 So Japan sent 400 trees to George 
and he planted them himself along the Basin 
where they still blossom today.*
*(unlike President Washington, Blossom
Bloggers have been known to make up things)

 If you want to know about the true origins
of Washington DC's Cherry Trees

 Click here for Cherry Blossom Central in Washington DC


There's just a few of us Bloomologists
who study and predict Cherry Blossoms.

 We kind of stick together. 

 And when National Geographic wanted some insight to how the process works, they called an expert!

 Check out this article on Travel and 7 Places to visit Cherry Blossoms around the country!
Wooster Square made the list!

 See the quote by your Blossom Blogger in this Nat Geo article


My friend and mentor Michael Stackowitz from the National Park Service has updated the
Peak Poppadge (70% of trees in full bloom)to April 3rd to April 6th.

 Pretty cocky these DC Bloomologists!

 Of course, the Wooster Square
Blossom Blog has going on 8 years
of a 100% Prediction accuracy*
*Source: WSBB

 Wooster Square's Cherry Blossoms Bloom
on average, and this appears to be
an average year, to be on track
to Peak around April 28th.

 That's an important date because 
that is the date of the 
46th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival!

 Click here for all the Festivities in Wooster Square!


Since Washington DC has spoken,
we need to look to our Hanami History.

 "Typically, Wooster Square's Blossoms 
Peak 15.5 days after Washington DC's."

 That would make ours Peaking around the 22nd.

 But guess what?


Change happens. So we need to follow Washington's lead and calculate from there.

 Our Trees have no green buds, so the jury is out on the exact date. Last year's green buds happened on March 24th. So we have a ways to go!!
White throated sparrow waits for spring!

 The only way to know for sure is to follow the WSBB on facebook, Blossomblogger 
on Twitter and Instagram.

 Bring on Spring!! I be taking you along for the 
Cherry Blossom Express! Enjoy the Ride!!

 See You on the Train 
Or
See You Round the Square!

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