Our neighbour

on another side is very good at leaping over our fence and saying what he wanted to do. Here he pruned two trees within a inch of their life and worried he had killed them. We actually hoped he had as they blocked our view of the sea. At this time of the year, these two trees are almost full in blossom - in the middle of winter. They tend to do this - blossom trees.
Thankful for:
Our son and family have finally got the key to their new home in this wonderful country!

[julia]

Often a good pruning does them a real favour.. pretty tones.

[Babs]

Beautiful shot, I hope your son and his family settle in well

[Brigette]

how beautiful

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely shot. I get the gardener to prune my trees - only three - every year and they always produce delicious fruit.

[Maggiemae]

@sangwann I think that's the best treatment for fruiting trees! But these ones are just flowers, no fruit!

[Maggiemae]

@onewing So do we - its a good thing they have been brought up in Japan - used to sleeping on the floor! No beds yet!

[Lou Ann]

A tree that blooms in the dead of winter. Kind of amazing. Happy for your son and his family. I know you are glad, you will be able to see them a lot easier. Did you go to Japan to visit them? Jerry was stationed in Japan for 5 years with the US Navy, he loved his years there.

[katy]

I love the soft pastel colors in your photo. You caught some beautiful light too. How nice to have this bit of color in the middle of winter.

So happy your son is close

[Diana]

Beautiful shot of this lovely blossom tree. Hope your son and family settle down and are happy to be home.

[Mickey Anderson]

Nice, makes for a lovely shot. Good to see the the family getting ready to settle in!!

[Mags]

Very pretty capture!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely

[summerfield]

i wish we have such trees here in toronto. it will make winter not so boring. aces!

[Bep]

Lovely blossoms!
That's good news for your son and his family.

[gloria jones]

Lovely image

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiful flowering stems ! A good pruning usually does such plant good

[Pat Knowles]

It’s surprising how often after a real hard prune that the plant blooms even better next time! You’ll have to watch your neighbour….🤣🤣. Lovely to have your son & his family safely in the home country!

[Maggiemae]

@brillomick Yes, Mickey - FaceTime enables us to actually see what is happening!

[Maggiemae]

@grammyn Only 3 hours away by car instead of 14 by air!

[Kate]

Pretty flowers

[KWind]

Very pretty!

[Phil Howcroft]

lovely light and composition maggie

[katy]

@maggiemae Wow! I know that is going to be so much easier for you to visit! Isn’t your DIL Japanese? How does she feel about moving?

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Lovely shot

[Maggiemae]

@grammyn She is very nervous - talks about having no friends. But she is a very vital person and will make friends with anyone.

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful!

[haskar]

Pretty flowers.

[Nina Ganci]

excellent delicate capture with dreamy background
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