Chuckleypears

Spring-into-summer is a tricky time around here. We sometimes have a couple
of weeks of unseasonably warm and sunny weather, followed by a couple of
weeks of near-reinstatement of winter. This is how it was this May and
June. But the plants still push on through. One of the local botanical
heroes is the Chuckleypear, an Amelanchier variety that is well loved
hereabouts. It is often the first berry ripe for picking. That is because
it often gets its fruit set in that near-winter-like weather of early
spring. So today I saw lots of Chuckleypears set and fattening up for
summer.

Nothing else is as far along.