Clouds of pink blossoms fill the morning sky with petals drifting slowly onto the garden paths. It is Cherry blossom season in Mayne Island’s Japanese Garden. Come with me and we can stroll along together!
Or we can also say: the season of sakura is here! Want to go hanami? Shall we go over the bridge?
We turn around in wonder until our gaze settles, just for a moment.
However, there are so many other supporting actors besides these pastel-crinoline-petticoat-wearing drama queens. Take this dapper Dove Tree blossom for instance. Elegant and handsome as they come.
Or maybe Rhododendron blossoms that are as large as my hand.
Then there are the weeping Crabapple blooms.
But if we are honest with each other, I am sure we would agree that all we really want to see are Cherry blossoms!
Of course, we could sit in the hut and contemplate the question.
We could study the pond for a while as we debate the issue. But my best guess is that all we are likely to notice is the reflections of….. Cherry Blossoms!
So, Cherry blossoms it is!
We close our eyes and what do we see?
Well, I don’t know about you but I see a cheese sandwich with a hot cup of peppermint tea. I am famished after all this walking, looking, composing images and then photo-editing Cherry blossoms!
What do you see if you close your eyes?
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Creative Potager – Visit with painter and photographer Terrill Welch
From Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Creative Potager 
Terrill — I’m currently in Madison, Wisconsin speaking at the Writers’ Institute. I’m at the end of a wonderful, but long day. When I saw I had an email notification of a fresh blog post from you, I couldn’t help but click the link and come over for a visit. Am I ever glad I did. Your photographs are refreshing and uplifting. I know when I go to bed and close my eyes in a few minutes I won’t have visions of sugar plums dancing in my head. Rather, I’ll revisit your photographs in my mind’s eye. Thank you!
Ah Laurie, so good to have you drop in, especially at the end of a long day. May these images provide just the right influence for a good night’s sleep.
Stunning! I share your love for cherry blossom. We are lucky enough to have a cherry tree in our garden which is just beginning to flower: simply lovely. Your images are beautiful and I love those rhododendrons and crinoline drama queens too! 👍
It would be so lovely to have a cherry tree in the yard Fatima. But we have huge Douglas Fir trees to the east and west which reach around our south exposure and take up most of the direct sunlight. So I shall continue to visit our Japanese Garden for all this festive beauty for the foreseeable future. The garden is all done by donations and volunteers so we really should visit often!
Gorgeous photos, Terrill! I didn’t see anything when I closed my eyes, but instead smelled oh-so-sweet blossoms. Lovely!
Well, smelling blossoms is almost visionary all by itself Kathy 😉 The blossoms have now fallen and the season moves on to sumptuous apple blossoms. But I shall heading to the beginning of another spring on the east coast of Canada this coming week and will witness this process all over again. Imagine getting a chance to have two springs in one year!?