Apple Blossoms

It has been an amazingly beautiful spring. We have had more than our fair share of sunshine and warm weather. Last night, after another gorgeous day, we had a good soaking rain. The apple blossoms are bursting out on the trees and the orchards are in full bloom, at least most of them. It seems that some of the older trees take a little bit longer to flower than the newer smaller varieties, but they are every bit as pretty when they do. I have come to love the orchards all year long. They are as intriguing in the winter, covered with ice, snow, and old, unpicked apples, as in the spring covered with blossoms or in the fall drooping beneath their load of ripening fruit. I am so blessed to live here on this little farm in the country. Every year I am filled again with the wonder of God's creation and awed by His mighty power.