We pretty much missed the cherry blossoms in Japan (aside from the few trees at the Hakone Open Air Museum) but were lucky enough to see my mom’s peonies in perfect bloom. It stormed the day after I took these pictures and the flowers were destroyed. Ah, such is the transitory nature of all things – but these things of beauty will live on in my memory.
Also, my uncanny knack of capturing blossoms with a bug attached astounds me.