Submitted by shaktinah on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 16:37
Nearly everyone is relishing the spring weather. Personally, while I am happy to be able to wear sandals again, I am a little sad. The warm temperatures means that the spring flowers will soon be whithered and gone.
I mentioned almost two weeks ago that blossoms were dropping onto our terrace like little snow flurries. Today, they fell so thick and fast that it was as if we were in a giant snow globe that had just been shaken. A layer of yellowish white petals covered the floor and patio furniture.
Walking home from work, the spent blossoms of the redbud trees littered the sidewalks. And the dogwood blossoms were drooping.
Oh the dogwoods! Don't get me wrong, the cherry trees that everyone comes to ooh and ah over are truly beautiful. But I will take a dogwood blossom any day over a cherry blossom. Somehow the petals are both delicate and sturdy at the same time. The flowers remind me of hundreds of white (or pink) moths about to take flight.
