Monday, April 22, 2013



Once again, it pays to look down.
Seen in passing …
The invisible made visible, thanks to a passel of cherry blossom petals.
As I walked through my neighborhood this morning, I saw those pink petals playing ring-around-the-rosie in the street. Their game lasted just a few breezy seconds before they all fell down.
The wind doesn't just blow, it swirls.
Pretty in pink
---
As a writer and editor, I strive for accuracy. After I wrote this post, I questioned whether the petals I saw were from a cherry or a crab apple tree (to my eyes they're similar).
I headed out and found the tree in question. Feeling bold, I rang the doorbell of the house where the tree lives. When one of the owners answered the door, I introduced myself, and explained my quest. 
She happily replied that indeed, the tree is a weeping cherry. We chatted for a bit, and she encouraged me to come back when the wisteria is in bloom around their porch.
I could have used the internet to answer my question, but it was so much nicer to meet a fellow human.

6 comments:

  1. Pretty in pink indeed! Wonderful photos.

    Thanks for joy today.

    NF

    ReplyDelete
  2. I love the back end of flowers. So often ignored. Thanks

    ReplyDelete
  3. Me, too! Love those little stars hidden back there.

    ReplyDelete
  4. cathy, just read your profile in ablibs, always a terrific read. i knew your husband ken when i worked at the record on easton road. you've had a great career as a journalist. i'm an award-losing poet and just wrote a poem about Lilacs on my own blog. And i love wisteria, as you mentioned in today's post, and i have a sweet-smelling slipping on the window sill over the kitchen sink. i look f/w to reading more posts!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks for visiting, Ruth -- and for leaving a note! I remember you from the Record days.
      Lilacs are on my mind, too, and most likely will appear in a future post.
      Great minds ....

      Delete