This pic is 8 days from being 1 yr old-I don't think the red buds and crab apple will be blooming in 8 days.

Cold today-in the 30's. The hose faucet I turned on the other day to get water for trees was frozen. I caught it in time. I planted more trees today and am gifting the last 8 to the treeless in the Lou. I checked on google earth and sure enough, I was the only one for 100 miles hanging my laundry on the line today.