cherry blossoms

I love flowers.

I love fresh cut flowers, garden flowers, and lush green gardens.

~ cherry blossom buds ~

I have always loved Farmer's Markets too.

It is where, in my early 20s, I discovered that I could buy seasonal fresh cut flowers at great prices.  

Through my 20s and early 30s, I visited my local Farmer's Market every Saturday . . . for fruits, vegetables, and ~ of course ~ flowers.

I've since married and moved to a new county, and although I don't frequent this area's Farmer's Market as often as I would like to . . . 

buying fresh cut flowers every week is still a tradition that I hold dear to my heart.

I buy seasonal fresh cut flowers at our local market now. Joni, the buyer, selects beautiful flowers for the store every week. My children and I know her, and she knows us by name . . . so it makes finding the perfect flowers for our home as good as going to a Farmer's Market (smile!).

There's something so special and beautiful about walking into a home and seeing fresh cut flowers.

It's a simple pleasure . . .

One that I truly enjoy, every day.

  

One of my favorite seasonal finds are cherry blossom branches!

Farmer's Markets and select stores sell them every Spring.

And every year, I buy several branches.

~ gallery of partial blooms ~

 

 

They're quite stunning. 

Each single blossom ~ when fully open ~ resembles a petite peonies. 

So light and delicate, each petal is like tissue paper. 

~ gallery of FULL blooms ~

It's quite a beautiful sight.

Every day the blossoms open, just a little.

Enough to reveal whether it will be a soft pink, or a darker pink. 

Even its bright green leaves are quite stunning as they unfurl from their tight buds.  

Here is a photo of one of the blossoms, seven days after bringing it home.

Stunning soft pink pom poms.

Towering above our dining room table, 

stood several 3-foot tall branches laden with full blossoms.

 

The early morning light shown bright on them every morning.

Such a sweet Spring pleasure.

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