East Coast Bloom

If you live in the northern hemisphere, you may have noticed that spring is in full gear (at least I hope it is where you are, even in Canada and Finland). I have demonstrated my fascination with buds on this blog before. But now we're on to blossoms. Jerusalem might have blossoming date trees, olive trees, almond trees, and various and sundry other palms. Here on the Mid-Atlantic East Coast, the cherry blossoms have just passed their prime, as well as the magnolias, here shown in full bloom last week in Philadelphia:



This is not me smelling the popping buds, but they do smell really good. And here the vaginal close-up:





Tulips are now in bloom in Washington, where patches of neat rows of them grace city parks and suburban gardens. Out in the Virginia suburbs I also found this tree in bloom today (dogwood?)...



Ever so slowly, these colorful blossoms are being replaced by the juicy, fresh green of spring leaves, each tree, it seems, at its own pace as we head into the lush months of summer...