Cherry in Charleston
Post by: Rebecca Burch
Town: Spencer
Website: Carpe You Some Diem!
I know it’s really spring when Charleston’s cherry blossoms start to open up. These fragile flowers bloom only for a week or so before the delicate petals fall from the sky like the snow we were only recently wishing to never see again. It’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life and forget to stop and look for these trees to bloom each year.
There are a few cherry trees in Charleston, including one huge, gorgeous, weeping cherry tree at First Presbyterian Church, next door to the school where I work. As soon as February’s out of the way, I start watching that tree for little buds to start popping up and turning green. Sometimes, I think that watching for those little green signs of hope does so much to get me through the end of winter. Just when it seems like the cold, grey days will never end, the buds appear and my mental focus turns to springtime.
Once the cherry trees bloom, I know that other flowers will follow suit. My apple tree in the back yard isn’t far behind, and then azaleas and rhododendrons, redbud trees and snowball bushes. My dreary commute is rocked by the bright pinks and purples and yellow-green saplings of springtime, and the world seems to come alive again.
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May 21st, 2008 at 12:28 am
This is a great post, Rebecca.
May 21st, 2008 at 11:24 am
Becky, your post totally reminds me of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Very nice. We’re lucky to have a large weeping cherry tree to greet us as we enter our neighborhood. It’s beautiful pink blooms just don’t last long enough.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Bryan — Thanks!
DM — I loooooove weeping cherry trees! I think they’re called “Snow Fountains” in Japan, which is a better name for them, I think.