You know that time of year when the first blossom appears on trees? You get excited for Spring, but then it stalls. You try to take photographs, but there’s just not quite enough. The branches are still there, just dotted with pink. I found my first candy floss tree this week – great big cotton wool balls of pink. And just look at the sky behind. Like a bag of pink and whites. It made me happy.
And flowers! I got flowers this week, for Mother’s Day. Not from my kids – they will bounce onto my bed in a few short hours, full of excitememt for their mum’s big day. I will make the most of that. I know it won’t be long before it will be a slightly more watered-down enthusiasm that greets me. For now they relish the prospect of Mother’s day, and so do I. The hyacinth from school that I have been instructed to water, but not to look at; the whispered secrets with their dad before bed; the inevitable early start.
I can’t wait. Happy Mother’s Day all.
Thank you Next for the beautiful flowers that afforded me my best photos this week. If you haven’t voted in the MADs yet, or made your BiB’s nominations, we’d be honoured to have your support – just click on the badges.
pretty in pink, beautiful x
Blossom is such a classic sign of Spring and I absolutely love it 🙂 Gorgeous photograph with that brilliant blue back drop. You’re doing so well with your camera – I need tips!
This was just a simple case of bringing the aperture setting right down as low as possible to get he blurred background (and spotting those fluffy clouds behind the tree)!
Beautiful shots Helen i so love to see lots of pink in the garden 🙂
btw – well done on your finalist place 🙂 x
Thank you x
All things pink and beautiful. Happy Mothers Day!
Gawwwwwjus! I too had some flowers from Next, they’ve been cancelling out the smell of kids 😉
Love how fast your photography is zooming along! x
Oh… I love the pinks. I love the flowers. I love the shots.
And…Happy Mother’s Day! (Although I’ve tried to hint over here that I’d like to celebrate it too I think I’m going to have to wait till May for US Mom day)
I LOVE cherry blossom!! Gorgeous shot #BetterPhotoProject 🙂
I love seeing the blossom coming into bloom. I am waiting for ours to flower but it’s still in bud. Beautiful pictures x #betterphotoproject
Stunning photo. I wish I had these in my back yard. So gorgeous.
gorgeous photos Helen, you’re getting good at this ol’ photography lark aren’t you! x
Beautiful photos 🙂 I hope you had a nice Mother’s Day x
hope you had a wonderful mothers day. were you given any more pink blooms at all?
I love the way you’ve captured the first photo, it’s really beautiful.
A lovely sight…great the pink against the bright blue sky.
Beautiful photos. I love the blossom at this time of year.
What gorgeous pictures, you really have come on with your photography. Hope you’ve had a great mother’s day.
Beautiful, I just love blossom the first big sign that spring is here. Loving the pink in the roses too. Hope you had a lovely mothers day.
I love blossom, it makes me happy and that picture is simply perfection! x
Beautiful blooms and photos, hope you had a lovely day yesterday. #hdygg
That blossom photo is just stunning, well done you. Mich x
i love seeing the delicate pink blossom that springs up this time of year – a reminder that better weather is on the way 🙂
i hope you enjoyed your mothers day Helen
xx
I did! Favourite day of the year!
Beautiful…. the pink against the blue! X
Pink is so cool to look at! Gentle on the eyes! #HDYGG
Blossom is just beautiful and I too am enjoying the excitement my children have for Mother’s Day as it won’t last in the same way for long will it. Hope you had a lovely day.
that first shot is absolutely breathtaking. wish we had blossoms like that here in miami. enjoy them!
Your photo of the blossom is perfect. Got a bit of blossom envy now!
Beautiful photos and lovely spring colours. Hope you enjoyed your Mother’s day as much as you hoped 🙂 xx #hdygg
that first photo is just beautiful x
Gorgeous photos! My Dad is trying to teach me how to take better pics with my SLR, but I get very confused! Looks like you have it down to a fine art!
It’s a learning curve and now I know a bit about what I’m doing I realise quite how much is still to fix! I’m enjoying the journey though.
Gorgeous gorgeous photos Helen – especially love that second one. I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day, sounds like you did. Heading over from #HDYGG so late linking up this week!
Ahhh that blossom is beautiful, I’m still waiting for mine to open.
Gorgeous pictures – loving discovering new blogs through #hdygg
My usual candy floss cherry tree that I use for photos blew down earlier in the year – I need to locate a new one!
Such a shame!
Oh that blossom is wonderful! Love seeing it on a sunny Spring day.
Thanks for linking up to Project 365.