Summer of our discontent

[flemmings]

There's 'teeth-grittingly cutesy' and then there's 'bitch I will keel joo!' Unless found in the mouth of Bertie Wooster or Papuwa-kun, 'chappie' belongs on the right-hand side of that ledger.

Window fans bring in cool air. They also bring in the reek of those stinky trees with the waxy yellow-white flowers, that smells exactly like 'asthmatics stay indoors' air pollution.

Tomorrow is a holiday and I have nothing to do on it but try to avoid sudden explosions in the street.

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[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Bleach?

[mvrdrk.livejournal.com]

Magnolias?

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

The flowers? No. Bleach smells better.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Nope. Magnolias are pinky-purple-whatever, have no smell, and were over before May started. Kind of like orange blossoms except these aren't orange trees.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Actually I was referring to the manga, but that question works as well. (Rukia is obsessed by Chappie the Cartoon Rabbit in Bleach.)

[mvrdrk.livejournal.com]

Spring's over, I'm still catching up!

Mockorange?! Small trees or large shrubs. Very smelly! I planted some in my front yard two years ago and am waiting for them to get big enough to bloom.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Mock orange sounds likely, except I think they have petals? This has flowers that grow almost like a hyacinth's, bunched together in a cone-like way only towards a point at the end.

There are probably some mock oranges out there as well, and possibly lindens, if those are the ones that drop their yellow seedings all over the map.

[paleaswater.livejournal.com]

Locust tree?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_locust

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

I don't think so-- the flowerets are kind of firm and waxy-- but I believe I've seen these around Toronto. Albino wistaria.