Much Ado About Everything

Finally, Kanzan cherries are in bloom!  These are my favourites.  Large pink double flowers.  There’s plenty of trees around Main Street and they already look fabulous even though it will still take a day or two until they’re in full bloom.    

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This time around I got to see a bunch of rare cherries.  First off, between Inverness and Knight, on 47th Avenue, there are some Spire cherries.  Probably – because people disagree on the festival thread that discussed them.  These were pretty much finished, there were barely any flowers left on a few trees. Supposed Spires [...]

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I was out and about on Saturday and Sunday, enjoying the best day this year so far (22 degrees!) in Vancouver and the various cherry blossoms. There are several sources of information about cherries in Vancouver, one is the official Vancouver Cherry Blossom festival and here is another  link to species of cherries in Vancouver. [...]

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Install the following updates – released on April 9 – only if you feel brave.  The KB948590 causes BSOD upon boot (OS will not boot).  And the KB938371 (the same one causing trouble some two months ago, in a slightly different edition probably!) will cause your mouse to stop working if you let the OS [...]

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Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival has already started almost two weeks ago, but cherries are only now in full bloom at Burrard station where it usually opens.  However, there are many cherries in bloom around the city, it’s just that you may have to know where to look if you’re looking for early blossoms.  The most [...]

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