I drove up to teach a class tonight at The Happy Yogi. The trees in the parking lot were in full bloom. Kwanzen Flowering Cherries - or as I call them - "carnation trees." They are large, mature trees - the Cherry Tree Shopping Center has been there for quite a while. As a "shopping center" (i.e. strip mall) it shows its age, but the trees are magnificent - laden with clusters of pink, carnation-like blossoms.
Last Wednesday when I was there, I don't think they were blooming at all - at least not enough for me to identify them by their blooms.
In my neighborhood I see the trees every day, and the change seems to emerge. Even if the change is rapid, it still evolves over a few days and my mind grasps the process. But seeing the transformation of one week all in one step, is quite astonishing.
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