Thursday + fading blooms
Looks like there won't too many more cherry tree photos... 
The blooms are falling. And it's pretty gusty today, so who knows how many will be left by tomorrow.
All the petals are taking cover on my front doorstep. It's pretty. I took a million photos of them and they're all so pretty that I can't decide which one I like best. But I messed around with this on in Photoshop and it's kind of fun. The others are at flickr.
(Know what I have been doing this week? Extending the hems of six 84"curtain panels to 90". That's it. They're for the basement media man den space. I hate doing curtains. And these particular ones kind of shredded and slipped around on the machine, like a masculine version of bridal satin. Ack. It wasn't fun. They are not pretty or exciting, but they are done. And now? Now I have to hang them. And you're not going to see photos of that either. I'm not even sure why even I told you about them. Who the heck wants to read about that???)
Oh and I thrifted today. I hit a mother-lode of discarded embroidery. And a slim wooden ironing board that makes me so happy for reasons I can't yet understand.
The petals are gorgeous. They really seem to fall quickly. Way too quickly.
Aw, c'mon! Let's see the curtains!! :-)
Posted by: lera | May 01, 2008 at 02:26 PM
everyone's lawns are pink in our neighborhood right now. I love it. It's fairytaleish or something. oh so pretty.
Posted by: Mary | May 01, 2008 at 03:05 PM
The petal photo above is lovely. I hate making curtains too. And I've decided that I'm not particularly fond of the curtains I just made. They're too gray. I'm contemplating making new ones. Yes, I'm crazy.
Posted by: beki | May 01, 2008 at 03:16 PM
the cherry blossom shots are stunning. truly. and man sewing is never as much fun. period.
Posted by: heidi | May 01, 2008 at 04:47 PM
Beautiful picture!
Curtains, huh? If it makes you feel better, I have FOUR pairs of curtains that need to be hemmed. Just hemmed. Since 2006... I also have 2 pairs that I plan to make pretty. Sometime around the pig flying season, I'm thinking.
I wish someone would notice how awful the raggedy ends look, so I would be actually inspired to spend the half an hour to actually do it!
Posted by: Lil' d | May 01, 2008 at 09:13 PM