CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME!!
Mar
24
Here's my granddaughter's watercolor of the wonderful Cherry blossoms along our streets.
We used to live on Seattle's Capitol Hill and there is a block between Aloha and Prospect on 22nd Avenue East. The whole street becomes white and pink? That includes the pavement itself as the blossoms fall!! It makes me want to hold my breath with the beauty of the scene.
Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring, a time of renewal, and the fleeting nature of life. Their life is very short. After their beauty peaks around two weeks, the blossoms start to fall.
My renewal thoughts are to continue on my path of learning new ways of being grateful. I am particularly grateful for the privilege of my life connections with others and hearing their stories.
Yesterday, I had coffee with Rivian. She told me how her daughter, Leslie, collected rocks as a three-year-old and how she should have made it a garden. My response was that we have a three-year-old Berniedoodle, Suki. Suki finds rocks whereever we take her on her walks; picks them up in her mouth and brings them home. Everyone is welcome to come and see Suki's garden of rocks outside on our entry steps and in her box of toys.
Unlike the fleeting scenery of Cherry Blossoms, the rocks are more permanent! But practicing to return to the beauty of the blossoms in my mind.
