Under the Weeping Cherry

Under the Weeping Cherry
Originally uploaded by randubnick

Yesterday we had summer weather (in the high eighties!), but today we are back to early spring temperatures. But the weather was dry, and not too cool for a walk at Long Hill Gardens, here in Beverly, MA. One benefit of this roller-coaster weather is that some of the flowering trees blossom early when it is warm, and then stay on the branches just a little bit longer when it gets cool again. Lots of things are blooming at Long Hill, so I took lots of pictures, and tonight edited and cropped this one to get this composition. This is a picture of a weeping cherry tree, which is a cherry tree that is shaped like a weeping willow (hence the name, no doubt). But there's poetry in that name, too: amazing beauty, fleeting enough to make you cry.