Blooming Cherry Tree

This is the cherry tree that my kids bought me for Mother's Day several years ago. 

 

I love watching the buds as they turn from deep pink to light pink as the open during the spring. 

 

The dark pink process seems to have been longer this year perhaps to cool temps and cloudy days.  Regardless, it has been a pleasure to watch...especially when a goldfinch or robin happens to perch in its branches.  Oh, the hummingbirds have returned this past week too.  We saw three yesterday.  They are such little delights...and it was such a long winter. 

Springtime Blooms

Just two pictures of what is blooming around our house.  I've enjoyed them and hope you will too.

A Beautiful Mother's Day

My dear husband and children bought me this cherry tree last year for Mother's Day. I have always, ALWAYS wanted a pink flowering tree for the front of our house--think Thomas Kincaid! They smell beautiful; they look beautiful; and all the birds just love eating the little dried cherries off in the spring. I have been waiting impatiently, VERY impatiently might I say, for my new tree to bloom this spring....and it finally has! It is just lovely. Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.