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a single cherry blossom bud on a branch, 2015

My mom has a strange fascination with cherries. She doesn't really eat them much outside of the occasional maraschino cherry in a cocktail or on an ice cream sundae, but I think she thinks they're pretty. We have a cherry tree in the front yard of my parents’ house. The cherries that sprout from it aren’t actually edible, but the cherry blossoms bring a little brightness to the front yard every spring. I snapped this photo early one spring. The tree wasn’t in full bloom yet but a few sprouts had started popping up.