Friday, May 6, 2011

If I were a bird...

Where would you live if you were a bird, if you could fly and make your house high up in furtive places? Would you choose a tree top? Would you choose a knot-hole in a branch, or maybe a burrow in the ground? Perhaps you’d prefer a chamber in a tree, or maybe an enormous rotting pile of vegetation and earth, or a mud dome with an entrance tunnel? What would you had chosen for a home if you were a bird?

There is a bushy island of some type of tall gnarled and twisted trees with curly branches in my neighbor’s backyard that I adore... they remind me of the garden at the Burrow in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The trunks of these trees, or tall bushes, are knotted and twisted as well, not just the branches, and birds seem to love them as much as I do. That’s where I would live if I were a bird... however, today, for some unthinkable reason I have my mind fixated on another tree for a house... Ah yes, if I were a bird, today I will chose to dwell amidst the flowers of any of my three flowering cherry trees.

There is something magical about a flowering cherry tree... regardless the variety, they bring to mind spring, life, and beauty... gorgeous soft white and pink blossoms, elegant white flowers, snow white flowers, unique form, clusters of vibrant pink blooms... no other tree knows how to welcome spring better than the flowering trees.... but I don’t have to be a bird to be able to enjoy a lovely flowering cherry tree, would I?

May you all have a lovely and magical weekend my friends!

14 comments:

  1. your pictures are beautiful I just love the trees in the spring!

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  2. Beautiful, Cielo....ever since Swiss Family Robinson, I have wanted to live in a tree. Your photos are enchanting. I wish I were standing there in your garden with my face to the sun, drinking in all the beauty! Blooming trees are magic! Lori

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  3. Cielo you look right at "home" perched on the tree branch. The flowering cherry trees are stunningly pretty.

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  4. Jag tänker på barnboken Bröderna Lejonhjärta. Skriven av Astrid Lindgren. Då kommer bröderna till Körsbärsdalen. Dina bilder känns magiska. Tack för denna stund hos dig! Jag önskar dig en härlig helg! Zinnia

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  5. oef i love cherries, and this tree look gorgeous !

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  6. We lost our beautiful cherry tree due to a storm. I especially miss how fragrant the air becomes when the wind kicks up. Your pics are lovely.

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  7. Dear Cielo, your garden is magical, if I were a bird I would like to live in your garden, near to you and your beautiful flowers.
    Have a nice weekend!
    Love from Spain

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  8. HI CIELITO YOUR POST IS MAGICAL ALL THE BLOSSOMS ARE BEAUTIFULL .YOUR ROSES WILLL BE BLOOMING IN NO TIME..HAPPY SATURDAY..I BIG HUG AND BLESSINGS

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  9. beautiful photos of garden

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  10. Your flowering trees are beautiful, Cielo. If I were a bird I'd want to live in one of them!

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  11. The birds living in your yard, anywhere, must certainly be happy. The trees are beautiful. Your last picture is a delightful surprise.

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  12. Love to see the blossoms of the cherry trees - they are spectacular!
    I hope you're having a magical weekend and a blessed Mother's Day,
    Kathy

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  13. Cielo, I always enjoy visiting your magical blog. Listening to the music and feasting my eyes on your fabulous photos. Thank you so much for the enchantment!

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  14. tu jardín está bellísimo con estos cherry blooms, un sueño.... quien es la pocahontas que está en el arbol??

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