I noticed my neighbor’s tree has already sprouted fresh flowers which have me wondering if the tree has a faulty clock! It seems a bit too early for that but then this isn’t Michigan and trees and bushes bloom at a different time down here. Anyway, the photos aren’t my best photos but they work, the flowers are a bit anemic looking to me. Partly cloudy and 59 cold degrees are the forecast for Las Vegas today. Too chilly!
Lovely blossoms. Most of our snow has melted, but it’ll still be a few weeks until we start seeing the trees bud.
I hope the snow stays away unless of course you want it!
Such beautiful flowers in your area.
Thanks Anita! 🌹
Wow – that does seem early? I’ve always loved the crab tree pink blossoms against a sky blue background. I think the photos are lovely.
Aww thank you, Shelley! ☺️
You’re welcome!
Very pretty! Put an extra sweater on 😉 WE are getting highs of 45F this coming week, almost spring now.
Hi Maria! I assume that 45 is very warm for you this time of year. That’s all I need is a sweater of a light jacket during winter here unless I’m riding the bike. You better get some skiing in before it’s time to get your bike back out! ❤️🇸🇪
Welcome back warmth and sunshine ☀️
I wish it were warmer though!
So pretty. It is so good seeing everyone sharing photos of spring blossoms! 👏
Thanks! This tree is beautiful until the flowers fall oof on my sidewalk which means those nasty little plums or whatever they are stain my concrete. I have to wash it off with water and the garage broom!
Trees are like that. We live between two big trees that lose their leaves and seeds. 😧
Which gives you guys more yard work, right? Toss the leaves back over thence for them! Kidding… 😂
Where I used to live, there was a flowering crab apple tree just outside the kitchen window. When it bloomed, migrating cedar waxwings would stop by the tree. A mating ritual is where the male passes something to make a nest to eat to the female. In the tree, the ritual involved the passing of flowering crab apple blossom petals. It was really kind of an “Oh, awwww!” moment to witness!
“…or to eat…”
I dunno if they eat petals?
I think they may go into the nest, but I’m just guessing since I only observed the passing behavior. If the female thinks the male is suitable as a mate, she keeps the petals.
That’s like a woman accepting an engagement or wedding ring! 😂
Yeah!
That’s wonderful, Doug! The birds that do land in this tree take the nasty plums or whatever the berry is and eat them around my property. No big deal but the berries stain my concrete sidewalk, I have to scrub the stains off of the concrete…
I used to park my car (then a white Chrysler Lebaron coupe…) under a maple tree. In the springtime, some bird ate some berry that stained their excrement purple. They then flew to the maple tree and pooped on my car. It was necessary to wash it off as soon as possible or it left little poop stains tinted violet! LOL!
Oh yes, gotta wash it off very quickly, I was told that it’s the acidity in the poop that eats your paint. Don’t park under trees, and you will get sap from Maple trees on the car too.
That’s a fact. When I traded that car off, the roof paint was beginning to come off.
That sucks!
The guy who bought it had everything fixed and cleaned up. It looked so good, I was tempted to buy it back!
Well… You may be better off going elsewhere.
It’s an encouraging sign of spring when the blossoms pop out on the trees.
Yep, bring on the summer heat! 🔥
Beautiful flowers! The trees here in CA are all in full bloom and they sky has been ridiculously beautiful with fat puffy clouds. It feels very much like Spring.
That sounds very nice, Bridgette! It may a later blooming here in the High Desert.