Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Cherry Blossoms and a Blue Sky

Blessed with amazing warm weather and clear skies last weekend, hubs and I took a long afternoon walk around SB and found cherry blossom trees in bloom! These are one of my favorite trees. I love the puffy look of flowers clustered together, the sweet and delicate look, and the perfectly soft shades of pink. With the bluest skies as the back drop, I had to take a few photos of some trees.




Monarch butterfly!









I think my future home has to have a cherry blossom tree in the yard. And an avocado tree ;)

What is your favorite tree? Are you excited for spring to come?

11 comments:

Anna @ IHOD said...

Oh so absolutely beautiful. I am aching for spring.
Cannot wait to see some blossoms!
And oh my goodness btw, thank you sooo much for your vote on the Lovelies. So very sweet of you!

Mo said...

Gorgeous, I love cherry blossoms. We used to have a tree in our yard growing up, and I never realized how special it really was until it was gone!
Thanks for sharing the beauty!

nicole said...

gorgeous! love the color of the cherry blossoms against that bright blue sky

THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...

Mine too!!! I can't wait for cherry blossoms and spring. It's actually going to be 60 here on Friday. It'll be a tease but oh so welcome :) xoxo

little luxury list said...

How lovely! Ooh and to have fresh avocados any time, yum!

The Wife said...

I too love cherry blossoms! I got one for Vday, came home and it was in my backyard =) Love em!

Brandi said...

I'm really hoping there might be some early cherry blossoms in bloom when I visit LA this weekend. These photos are incredible and really embody those early days of spring so well.

Chocolate Lover said...

So so beautiful!

Jasmine A. said...

cherry blossoms are just beautiful. i'd also like one in my backyard some day! along with an olive tree... and a lemon tree. :)

very married said...

where do you live??? in nyc, we're no where near that kind of beauty! (even though we're gonna hit 60 tomorrow)

i want a plum tree. we had one in my back yard growing up.

honey my heart said...

@very married: i live in santa barbara. we were so lucky to have summer like weather all of last week! but now it's cold and rainy :( so glad i was able to see the cherry blossoms, tho :)

@Jasmine A: a lemon tree would be nice, too!