すももの花
春の光に輝いて咲いています(´∀｀*)

bursting from buds are
the promise of lush fragrant
flowers then a plum

#DailyHaikuPrompt - 4/5/25 - #plum

Bought a dwarf plum tree
Stunted by Scottish weather
Much like myself then

Plum blossoms are blooming in the plum grove of Kyoto Gyoen National Garden

03/17/2025
Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City

On the street where I live. Years ago, a neighbor arranged for plum trees to be planted on the strip in front of our houses. Now, every spring looks like this!

Doris Weiss Crocuses in the Old Geezer's Garden. #flowers #flower #crocus #crocuses #spring #purple #violet #plum #gardening #gardener #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens

I was feeling under the weather today so I took a nap instead of a walk. When I got home from work, our thundercloud #plum tree greeted me the best way it could.

Here's the first blossom of the season!

Tomorrow and the days that follow will yield more, but this was the first one (at least, the first near the ground) that opened up to say hi.

Thankful for small joys like this.

Here are some plum blossoms in various colors in the castle ruins park near our house, which is between Osaka and Kyoto, quick to reach both.

The other day on the train from Kyoto, I had a funny experience with young American tourists. One said "your bag is open." Then I smiled and said "just like it has been for 40 years ... Welcome to Japan." Big smiles all around.

梅 [Ume]
Prunus mume

寒梅や 雪の中にも 花の意地

[Kanbai ya yuki no naka nimo hana no iji]

Trying to bloom in the midst of falling snow, it is the pride of Kanbai

(Ume which blossoms in winter)

via konjaku

#Japanese
#poetry
#blossoms
#plum

Photos of plum blossoms (梅の花) in the castle ruins park near our house. Can't add a video to photos, but there were mejiro (目白) or warbling white-eye going for the nectar in a plum tree. Later in a quiet moment they warbled beautifully.

#ThursdayThoughts

The best part is the plum fruit

Japanese white-eye ️ with red & white Japanese Apricot flowers.

#plum #blossom in #tokyo

Finally got a pictures of Japanese white-eye with Japanese Apricot flowers.

I used to go to Takaido Park every day, but the timing wasn't easy, like kids make loud noises, crows crawling loudly and turning around.

But today I didn't miss a chance to take pictures of Japanese White eye️

#birds #white-eye #flowers #ume #JapaneseApricot #plum #photography #梅 #メジロ #ウメジロー

Plums, plums
The poetic fruit.
Condemned to haunt your every toot.
And though I find it most humdrum
Here's my damn verse
About the plums

(I had to rewrite this because the much-discussed word search function here is crap. lol I'm staying with hashtags.) #Plum

New leaf growth and fruit buds starting on #plum #fig #grapefruit trees + two #beehives in backyard