Hello~! For the last few days I have enjoyed my cherry tree’s blooms. They finally opened! I had been eagerly waiting for my weeping cherry tree to flower for weeks. I was concerned that they would prematurely blow off because of storms, but they have lasted so that I could appreciate the bud-to-bloom progression. This was my needed excuse to sit under a tree and to enjoy some treats I have been saving for the occasion.
The items I had were Lipton sakura tea, two types of mochi, a red cocoa KitKat bar, and Little Twin Stars sugar star candies. I also made roasted barley tea (mugicha) to sip afterward. ^^
Since I had several treats to eat with the tea, I just set them on the saucer and brought it outside. The tea is a blend of black tea with Japanese cherry blossoms, so it is a dark color.
It is still pretty early in the flowering period, so the tree isn’t super fluffy with flowers yet, but it is still so pretty~ the flowers are pure white with yellow stamens.
This tree blooms during the changing weather, so there is a lot of wind and/or rain that tug at the the delicate petals. All of these factors make the already short flowering period even more short-lived–I am lucky for it to last a week! But because of this, I have learned to appreciate the beautiful flowers sooner than later. ^^
Bye~
