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| 3/20/18 Sunset Hill neighborhood |
I guess we had been overly optimistic (as had been the news
media, who had reported sakura season
as being “near peak”). And in promoting yesterday’s ad hoc sketch outing to my
favorite street in the Sunset Hill neighborhood (the one I call Fairyland) at this time of year, I used
photos that I had taken last year, which may have been just a touch misleading.
In any case, when we arrived, all the buds on the cherry trees were still
tightly closed (just like the cherry I’d sketched the day before). But it was such a gorgeous day that no one seemed
to mind that the promised pink blossoming trees were still a few weeks away.
I know I didn’t mind as I sketched these grand old trunks in
the sunshine. In fact, I can’t think of too many things I’d rather do on the first day of spring.
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| Not quite prime time. |
I love the gnarly trunks, the striking shadows and the soft suggestions of blossoms! Great tree sketch!
ReplyDeleteLooks like spring has sprung in Seattle. We're supposed to get a couple degrees above freezing today so I'll be satisfied with a bit of melting :-)
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