For around seven days each April, our road in Great Waltham is transformed. Maybe 20 or so cherry trees come into blossom, transforming into still fountains of the purest colour. It is eye-catchingly beautiful, surreal, comforting, and animistic in ways that I think Vincent Van Gogh would have understood.
Perhaps I’m getting carried away. Here’s how some of it looks. Starting a few days ago, finishing in the now.
The Biscuit Factory 
The beautiful side of nature.
I love the super-duper close-ups of the blossoms.
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I may have been a few days too early….the trees (especially the pink blossomed ones) are at their peak today!
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That’s hard to imagine. They looked pretty damned peaked to me in the pics. Well, enjoy them!
I was out today to get supplies, and it was beautiful outside and almost felt like all was right with the world.
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Beautiful days go some of the way towards keeping sane. I’m glad the CV-19 didn’t come during a northern hemisphere winter!
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Those are beautiful pics Kevin, thanks for sharing them with us!
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This is surreal! I have to say that I love the name of your blog 🙂
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I named it after reading a novel from Sebastian Faulkes – ‘Where my Heart Used to Beat’.
In it there was a psychiatric hospital where several patients were allowed into a part of the building where they could be themselves, with all of their whims, idiosyncracies and mental illnesses accepted by the doctors.
The doctors named this section The Biscuit Factory, which I liked. And so that’s the idea behind my blog: I talk about everything running around my head, albeit written in a way that is clear and attractive.
Hope you keep reading it!!
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That’s interesting. I should read the book. And I somehow reminded of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
I really like your posts, they hit hard and your presentation and discussion is just praiseworthy.
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That’s very kind of you to say so Parakhit. Thank you!!!
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By the looks of those trees, I think I’d like to wake up to that every day mate. Have you got any idea why the road you live on is adorned with cherry trees?
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Yeah lovely, but a shame it only reaches a peak for about 10 days each year. I think they were planted when the houses were built, about 75 years ago, and then the road named appropriately. It’s a guess though John!
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Ahh ok. It’s really pretty mate. We have a long long Avenue about a couple of miles from where we live lined with oak trees either side. It’s very dramatic but it kind of stays with you after you’ve walked it’s length. Love the photographs Kev 👍👍
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Cheers John. I’ll bang out some more in 11 months 🙂🙂
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In Japan they are celebrated because they depict new beginnings, how life is (ultimately) beautiful and fleeting. They call it Hanami. Thought you might like to read this https://festival.si.edu/blog/2014/significance-of-sakura-cherry-blossom-traditions-in-japan/ ❤️
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Thanks Moisy. I must learn not to mourn the passing of those blossoms. I find it deeply sad. But it’s just a point in a cycle.
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