My Life In Bloom

We have all waited long enough for spring this year.  

My blog, as usual in the spring, has taken a back seat

yet again to the arrival of blooms and blossoms in my

yard.  My thoughts always turn to the outdoors when

warmer weather arrives...I have to be outside!

We planted these lovely trees along our park strip a

few years ago.  They are the gorgeous Japanese

Kwanzan flowering cherry trees...the ones that

herald the arrival of springtime in Japan and also

here in our own Washington, DC.

This is their third year and they are doing really well.

Eventually we plan on planting more of them along the

north park strip, but for now I am enjoying these three.

Their blossoms never cease to amaze me.  They are so

delicate and pretty.  They remind me of tissue paper that

has been formed into intricate little flowers and glued

onto the branches.

 They sway gently in the breeze and add such a

romantic look to the front of the house.  We often get

very strong winds here and I was afraid that they were

all going to get blown off a few times, but they stayed

strong!  Even so, they rarely last longer than a few weeks.

Until next year my sweet, lovely blossoms...

~Stacy~