Spring Blossoms

Happy Spring! It was only a few days ago that I complained everybody else's lawns were so much greener than ours. Well, our lawns don't look much better, but our cherry trees in the backyard are blooming. Last year we didn't have any blossoms on the cherry trees. They actually had bugs, and Joe sprayed bug killer and seriously thought they were dying. So these cherry blossoms were quite unexpected surprises. I love these modest pale blossoms... a symbol of Japan. Today Joe got to go out mushroom hunting. It hasn't been a good season for mushrooms. Way too dry. But he managed to pick a handful of morels, along with six wood ticks!! Yes, spring is here.