11-03-2006, 10:54 AM
Dominating the front lawn of my home is a massive cherry blossom tree. When we acquired it, it was barely a sapling; it used to live down the car park in the town centre, and as they were uprooting trees to make for a block of toilets my parents picked it up, and were informed that it wouldn't grow to much beyond three meters.
It now stands taller than our two-story house ¬_¬
Now, the worse thing about cherry blossom trees is that you get it at both ends of the year. Naturally, throughout autumn and winter all the leaves fall off and we have to rake them up. However, for a brief moment in the spring the entire thing erupts in pink blossoms and looks quite pretty, right up until the first lot falls off and we have to scoop them up, a task made even more difficult when you remember that our springs tend to be quite wet, and blossom petals are much more difficult to gather up than leaves while wet.
Every year I and my father claim we're going to prune that tree at the trunk. Quarter of the time we're actually joking.
It now stands taller than our two-story house ¬_¬
Now, the worse thing about cherry blossom trees is that you get it at both ends of the year. Naturally, throughout autumn and winter all the leaves fall off and we have to rake them up. However, for a brief moment in the spring the entire thing erupts in pink blossoms and looks quite pretty, right up until the first lot falls off and we have to scoop them up, a task made even more difficult when you remember that our springs tend to be quite wet, and blossom petals are much more difficult to gather up than leaves while wet.
Every year I and my father claim we're going to prune that tree at the trunk. Quarter of the time we're actually joking.
When in mortal danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
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When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
BattleTag: Schrau#2386