To be alive…

What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.

Kobayashi Issa

(Except in this case, they’re peach blossoms…)

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Linking with Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge…The Season of Spring and Floral Friday Fotos and Floral Love.

Thanks to Dotti and the wonderful collaborative blog, Focusing on Life, for the mention!
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35 thoughts on “To be alive…

  1. I love all of these gorgeous images, but your first one takes my breath away! Beautiful focus in the foreground and such lovely peach blossom bokeh! I want to just jump into this photo and walk through all that loveliness! I’m visiting from FOL this morning! I love your blog and will be visiting often!

  2. Just gorgeous, Sherry! Each one of them! I’d love to take a walk right into that first image! And your third one with the texture … so lovely! Want to thank you for visiting my site, and for your kind comment, too! Have a wonderful weekend!

  3. Sherry these are spectacular shots!! Each and every one. I hope you enjoy watching them mature their fruits to eat later this summer. 🙂

  4. You can practically smell the sweetness of the peaches! Beautiful shots and quotation.

  5. You already know how much I love these. We’ve had some cherry blossom around here, don’t know if I’ve seen an peach blossoms. They sure are lovely and a sight for sore eyes after the winter.

  6. Gorgeous blossom shots – isn’t spring the most glorious season! I love the depth of field in the first two and the fresh green with the pink!

  7. Absolutely a wow wee. those photo shots are stunning — lucky you to capture all that beauty.. I LOVE peach trees and their fruit.. yummy..

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