cherry blossoms

“What a strange thing!to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms.” (Kobayashi Issa) Linked to Cee’s Flower of the Day

“Look at the cherry blossoms! Their color and scent fall with them, Are gone forever, Yet mindless The spring comes again.” ― Ikkyu Our neighbor’s cherry tree was beautiful this year, and for a brief time our lane was strewn with pink blossoms.

Cherry blossoms

In the woods between our house and our neighbors’ house is a cherry tree that normally goes unnoticed by me because it can’t readily be seen from our house or from the road. However, this weekend grandson Ben was visiting and was playing with our two neighbor children, and the youngsters brought me handfuls of beautiful cherry…