April for me is about flicking the diary pages until May. I love May, it is my favorite month, I love the light, the long days, the rise in temperature, the expectation of Summer. I’m usually tired by April and Easter, mostly turning up at some undefined point in April, serves as a good break and recharge. May is when the year seems to really take off for me, I’m thinking about holidays and suddenly weekends are getting booked up with visits and plans. We are outside more, at the park, the river, on walks in the woods; my son is invariably happier outside. The first three months of the year I find a bit of slog, having been paid early in December, January is always a long financially sparse month, something to be got through. February is very cold but pay day comes around quickly. March is about clocks going back and light appearing but by the time I’ve got to April I need a break, we all do.
Actually, the thing about April, the wonderful thing, is at the beginning of April tree and plants start sparse but by the end everything is green and budding, not yet blooming but that is certainly the promise on the horizon. More than once this month, on the regular journey I do each day to work I have been struck by how green everything suddenly is. What is blooming and what is special is blossom, cherry blossom. The beginning of the month it isn’t even there, then within days the cherry trees are heavy with gorgeous pink blossom, as soon as it’s out it falls like confetti and by the end of April it’s seems to be more in the gutter than on the tree. There is a road near me lined with cherry blossom trees and in April for a short time it comes to life in a glow of gorgeous pink, so this is April – not so bad after all.
Totally love this pic. So evocative.
Fantastic photo. Theres nothing like some lovely green or pink trees to cheer you up 🙂
that’s a beautiful colour; the blossom has been stunning this year.
Ooh can’t wait we have just bought a cherry tree for the garden, is that what it will look like, Super!
Stunning photo that says April out loud!
Lovely picture. I just love blossom. I couldn’t stop taking photos of the almond blossom when it came out here.
Happy May.
BM
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Gorgeous picture!
Your photo is beautiful – that colour is wonderful. I think trees blossoming in April are wonderful sight to behold,
Yes, this pic sums up April for me – pink. All that blossom. It was amazing, wasn’t it? And now, sadly, it’s blowing off the trees.
Wow – I LOVE this picture!!
Lovely post. I know what you mean about April meaning May is closer but this year it almost felt like May because of the weather 😉 Gorgeous photo and I bet it’s lovely to walk down that street, Lx
Gorgeous photo 🙂
And I’m sort of with you – April has been great round here, but manic beyond belief – looking forward to a chilled out May 🙂
Love the photo! For all my waxing lyrical about nature in my entry I forgot the blimin obvious of blossom. I just love it, reminds me of the road where my Mum lived and timing coming back from months of travel just to arrive in the confetti of cherry blossom.
Lovely shot with great effect, very funky!
Wow that’s a beautiful shot – have a happy May!
Fab shot. The blossom really has been beautiful this April
Wow, that’s some blossom lined street! Excellent. I loved your post to go with it too. Promise on the horizon….hell yeah!
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One word: AWESOME x
Beautiful picture! April really is a special month.
Great photo, April is definately about blossom trees for me. My road is lined with them too!
Hope all is well, Mich x
Magical picture with interesting light patterns. Hope May turns out just as you wish. My Gallery thing is at https://gigglingatitall.blogspot.com
wow they are gorgeous. Our cherry blossoms have all the petals falling off them already. x
Cherry Blossom is a real perk of April. I love the Magnolias we have near us and in our garden too.
I’m with you on that, roll on May. Loving the blur of pink x
Ah blossoms… I’ve enjoyed the confetti-style drop too with the winds we’ve been having. Showers of pink!
I just love this picture! It reminds me of the street we lived in many years ago. We had a cherry tree just like those in our front garden. It was so big Icould open my bedroom window and reach out to pick the blossoms 🙂 x
Gorgeous photo. You are so right about the months! I hate January, I have 2 birthdays in January which are rubbish after Christmas.
Wow. That’s just stunning!!
I love this picture and I love cherry blossom too. I wish I had a tree in my garden. You’re so right about April and everything coming to life 🙂
We were away for the cherry blossom this year so thank you for photographing it for me. Lovely photo.
Nice picture lovely
How I agree with your fantastic description of the winter’s slog up to May. Have a great spring and summer!
That picture is simply fabulous!
Every year, without fail, the blossoms manage to surprise with their swift arrival. It feels almost as if you blink and they’re there!
Fantastic photo, so pretty 🙂
Such a totally stunning photograph Gemma (sorry only just catching up on bloggy duties) xx
thats really beautiful x