Blossoming Trees Shining Across the Valley

More spring beauty captured on several walks in the countryside

Anne Bonfert
Weeds & Wildflowers
4 min readMay 3, 2021

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Credit: Anne Bonfert

The cherry trees were the first ones to bloom. First the wild ones. Then the industrialized ones. Later the apple trees started to show some buds. And together with the pear trees, they began to blossom all at the same time.

And soon the entire valley was in full color. Blossoms were stretching across several layers of trees. In the village. On the fields. And even at the edges of the forest. It looked like a festival of colors.

It is a festival of colors.

Credit: Anne Bonfert

From afar most of these blossoms appear white. But only some of them are clear white. Most of them have a touch of pink on the petals. Which only comes to shine when standing close in front of the tree.

Credit: Anne Bonfert

People always talk about the world-famous cherry blossoms in Japan. But cherry trees all across the world start to bloom in springtime. Even in your home country. They might not be…

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Anne Bonfert
Weeds & Wildflowers

I am a traveler. Photographer. Writer. Teacher. Skydiving instructor. Adventure enthusiast. Nature lover. And fell in love with the African continent.