April 13, 2012 Sue Martin

April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.

–T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land, 1922 April 13, 2012 <img alt="Mary Cassatt" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Cassatt_Mary_Lilacs_in_a_Window_1880.jpg/380px-Cassatt_Mary_Lilacs_in_a_Window_1880.jpg" width="300"/> Lilacs in a Window, Mary Cassatt 1880 A bi-coastal moment… The lilacs bloom this month in the <a href="http://www.julianca.com/media/seasonal_lilacs.jpg" title="Julian, CA" target="_blank">mountains</a> of San Diego County. <a href="http://arboretum.harvard.edu/news-events/lilac-sunday/" target="_blank">Lilac Sunday</a> at Arnold Arboretum in Boston is only a month away. For San Diego readers: <a href="http://www.wynolafarms.com/search/label/LILACS" title="Lilacs at Wynola Farms" target="_blank">Wynola Farms Marketplace</a> in Julian is now selling lilacs from their farm and other local growers. Call first–they’re expecting snow tonight and tomorrow or check the <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/julianjym/1/show.html" target="_blank">Julian webcam</a>. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons