Trees and shrubs are blossoming in yards, orchards and even in the marsh. It’s blossoming time in Nova Scotia. The air seems enchanted as delicate white and pink petals are blown in the wind. The time to enjoy them is now.
Chokecherry blossoms are blooming in the woods and near the marsh.
Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.
~ Ikkyu Sojun
The flowers of Elder trees are nearing the end of their blooming time. By Midsummer’s Eve, their green fruit will already be visible.
Serviceberry, also known as shadbush, are among the first of the trees to blossom. Their delicate flowers have already been blown off many of the trees near the marsh.
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
~ Anais Nin
Pin cherry blossoms are not as showy as most of the other blooms. Their tiny fruit will be appreciated by the birds later this summer.
The crabapple tree is blossoming next to the house. I always wonder where the pinks of the buds go once the white flowers open. This tree seems to bloom for such a short time. The strong winds we’ve experienced over the past day have blown so many of the petals off the trees. Blossoming time will soon be over.
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thank you for the lovely pictures, Amy-Lynn, I can almost hear the birds chirping and smell the scents carried in a breeze… And I love all the quotes… Nice thoughts and sights to carry with me as I go out the door…
Beautimous, dear Amy! I think I found an elderberry tree out at camp but have to look it up in my book to make sure….thinking about sitting under it this year!?!? 🙂 The Anais Nin quote will go in my file….love it!
We’re about a week ahead of you with blooms, it looks like, but we still have a few of those blossoms around. Elder blossoms always remind me that I want to remember, later, to harvest berries.
You cannot imagine how special this post was for me today–or perhaps you can, you always surprise me. A time for blossoming indeed. Anais Nin knew what she was talking about.
I would like to be a crabapple if it’s all the same to Mama Nature. Some would say that I have the crab part down pat.
I went out into the garden the other day and it was raining blossom! Beautiful… 🙂
Spring is a favourite time of the year, indeed. You have captured it so nicely in your photos here, so I am looking forward to it even more. We are way behind with spring time here this year, – it is sooo cold even if the sun is shining at times.
Your blossoms are gorgeous, Ms. Amy! I especially smiled at the elderberry blossoms and your mention of Midsummer’s Eve. Already thinking of the King of the Faeries, are we? 🙂
Early Spring…so fresh and full of promise. The epitome of short and sweet! Thanks for the words and photos and eloquence.
Thank you all so much for your comments. It has been colder here too and the wind blew many of the blossoms off most of the trees shortly after I wrote this post.
Yes, God and mosquitoes willing, I will be sitting under an Elder tree at midnight on Midsummer’s Eve.