General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse &What did I learnt today/Chat with Friends #40, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Thank you all for the compliments on my photo!

Every year--when these bloom--I take pictures.....it is such a fleeting spectacle.....The blooms seem like all the tissue carnations we used to make eons ago.

These Cherry Trees are now old......at least 40 years old.....The branches of most of them are all hollow, thanks to ants and bugs.....but it also provides nesting places for a lot of birds. I call the biggest Kwanzan Cherry tree I have my "bird condo".....They are nesting in every hollow branch...way down deep! What a safe, dry place to raise a brood....NOT on some bush or tree-crotch!

I loved the way the photo turned out as well and now have it on my Desk top. I change the desk Top pictures often......

I succumbed and planted my Tomatoes out today......Woe be me if we get a chilling night----BUT---I have big pots ready to throw over them....
EVERYTHING needs to be planted out NOW-----but I cannot----I just started everything too early......Live and learn!

This is a picture from 2005. We all have these Cherry Trees in front of our houses...They bloom just so briefly---maybe a week-10 days. if it rains--out whole street is covered in blowing, pink petals.....like snow........