I will blame it on the trees

I would just like to say this now: If I have a traffic accident in the near future, it will be because of the trees. On my way to work, before I even make it out of my neighborhood, I have to pass an enormous flowering pear tree and two impressively old flowering cherries. A few blocks away, there is a whole strip of cherries. When I turn onto the street that my office parking lot is on, I have to drive the back side of the university gardens, which are full of magnolias, gardenias, and yes, cherries. Not to mention that I just noticed the redbuds are just beginning to bud out.

It is not safe for me to drive at this time of year!

That said, if I ever remember to charge my camera when I’m at home, I’ll try to get some pictures to post. The particularly impressive pear around the corner from our street is particularly spectacular to me because the rest of that house’s yard is the remnants of what was once an attempt to go maintenance-free by covering the whole lawn with ornamental gravel. Said gravel is now only visible in patches amongst the weeds that grew up through it anyway. Now that the tree has bloomed, though, you’d never even look that far down. It takes up almost the whole lot. It is amazing.