March's 84 inches of snowfall contributed to a glorious array of lilac blooms in Georgetown this June. Shown above are the lilacs in the yard of Wendy Anderson and Nick Ulmer on the corner of Argentine and Second Street.

Below is a picture of the same house some time after its purchase in 1900 by Emil and Cora Anderson. Current resident Wendy and her sister Coralue Anderson remember that their mother and father (Henry and Ona) always told them that Emil (1873-1950) planted the larger French lilac bush for his wife Cora (1877-1918). Cora is pictured here holding her infant son Henry, born in 1908. The young girl beside her may be Marion, who was born in 1904. Thus the French lilac had to have been planted some time between Henry's birth in 1908 and Cora's death in the flu epidemic of 1918.

Despite recent modifications, the house retains its historic character, though gone are the cottonwood trees, the wooden sidewalk, and the white picket fence.