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| cherry blossom / Golden Gate Park |
Dodging the early morning rain in the arboretum at Golden Gate Park my daughter and I spotted this scrappy pink cherry blossom. While many of you are enjoying your first snow of the season we in San Francisco have trees trying to open up to the spring even as they shed the last of their autumn leaves.
Although I am blessed to live in a land where blossoms arrive year round, I instinctively look for the first true signs of the seasons — being from Ohio where the seasons are clearly defined. Having questioned the subtle seasons year to year in California I begin to track the differences, the anamolies. Those of us from the Midwest always feel that in this place the spring comes too soon. But when it comes to the cherry tree blossoms, the earliest arrival I have on photo record is the end of January 2006. More commonly we see them flower Feb through April. Does this concern you?
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