The blooming trees around here haven’t actually gotten me to run my car off the road yet, but not for lack of trying. I took a walk through the Gardens before I left work today and took a few pictures. I thought this very close-up shot of a redbud branch was interesting. It certainly does at least give you an idea of the color, if you’re not in NC right now. The best part is that most of the regular trees haven’t even started to leaf yet, so it’s as if streaks of flaming purple have started simply appearing among the branches, especially since these blooms stay so close to their own rather twisty branches.
Beautiful!