It's a death-defying act you won't believe

[sovay]

I had to mask up to drop something off for the upstairs neighbors, so I took my camera and went to check on the neighborhood index of flowering trees.



The cherry blossoms have achieved liftoff!



Also backlighting.



Ready for their close-up.



I had previously believed this tree to be another, earlier-flowering cherry, but a bandanna-masked passerby spotted me with my camera and cheerfully told me to check out "the beautiful almond tree at the end of the street." So now I have no idea. It's pink.



Shadow tree.



Shadow ladder and reflection tree.



This magnolia just seemed so enthusiastic.



And I haven't a clue, but it was extravagantly green.

Today was the first day I've really seen a majority of people wearing masks on the streets—some handmade, some medical, some kerchiefs and scarves. Boston has instituted a curfew and the federal government is just straight-up trying to kill us. At the moment cases are predicted to peak over the week of Passover. I hope the holiday holds true to its name.

Comments

[redbird]

Those are excellent photos, and excellent trees.

[gwynnega]

Those are beautiful photos.

[kore]

Those photos are gorgeous, wow. (The UW cherry blossoms are still there....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uir4snUUh1A&feature=emb_logo )

At the moment cases are predicted to peak over the week of Passover

Yeah, I think last I read, the UW model is projecting the nationwide peak to be on April 15 or 16 :-/

[sartorias]

Those blossoms are glorious!

[asakiyume]

Oh wow, the backlit one, and the closeup blossoms! So, so nice. And always that shadow ladder beckons, at a slightly different angle of surreal depending on the date and the time of day you walk.

Thanks for sharing.

[thawrecka]

Those trees are beautiful!

[yhlee]

Flowers!!! =D

[nineweaving]

Those trees are glorious. Thank you for taking pictures.

I hope the holiday holds true to its name.

Amen.

Nine

[umadoshi]

So much loveliness!

[genarti]

What beautiful pictures of beautiful flowering trees! Thank you for sharing them.

[thisbluespirit]

They're lovely! There aren't any blossom trees near where I am, so it's nice to share in yours (whatever kind they are).

(This is the Almond Blossom fairy, and Cecily M Barker was always botanically correct, so you could compare notes... if it wasn't a tiny icon pic. XD)

[tree_and_leaf]

Lovely! And the last photo looks like a magnolia to me.

[shewhomust]

Lovely trees! Lovely light! And I like the feelong that I am growing familiar with your neighbourhood!

[cmcmck]

Lovely pics and there'll be bees too! :o)

[sorcyress]

The flowers are beautiful too, but there's a picture with a building in the background that's the back of my work, or right next to work, or something like that and it made my breath catch because oh.

Thank you for that.

~Sor