Our Cherry Harvest

Having a cherry blossom tree in the garden at home

has become a very valued and almost necessary

pre-requisite for where we live.

Cherry blossom trees hold great sentimental
value and significance in the
Japanese culture. When the cherry trees bloom
they produce dainty little pink and white flowers,
which are very short-lived.

The flowers only survive a couple of
weeks at the most, before they flitter to the
ground like gentle snow-flakes.

The Japanese love this dramatic notion of a short-lived life

that can only be cherished for an instant.

After the flowers have died and left the cherry tree,

the trees start to produce fruit. We call them cherries

but they are probably more like miniature plums.

Elise loves picking and eating these and its TM's job

each year to help her harvest them.

Here are the photos!

Takamitsu the Ladder

Elise with her humble harvest.

P.S. you have to be quick and beat the

birds to the cherries.