"Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"

"It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
When your true lover comes your way
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
The poet's say.......
And so that's why the poets often write
When there's a new moon up above
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
When you're in love.
(Mack David and Louiegay 1951)
All the beautiful trees in blossom right now reminded me of this song from my youth. The most popular recording was by Perez Prado (The "King of Mambo"). It was on the charts for twenty-six weeks - ten weeks at number one in 1955. (Alan Dale's vocal version went to #14 on the charts.)
The song that knocked it from #1 was "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets. (One of my all-time favourites.)
This picture of Buffy in front of Mom's crab apple tree was taken in 1989. Her tree was always so gorgeous. It was used as a background in many pictures.

Such as this one of Kari, Mom and me circa 1985. The tree was an orna-mental. I don't think Mom ever tried making crab apple jelly from the fruit, but the birds enjoyed it. And while the crab apples from it were sometimes a pain in the fall, they were worth it for the beauty in the spring.

Today's high winds will play havoc with many of the cherry pink and apple blossom white blooms which reminds me of some lines from a Shakespeare sonnet:

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate;

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date......."

It isn't quite May yet. Not all cherry blossoms are pink nor are all apple blossoms white. The moon last night was full, not new, but I hope you are able to enjoy the beauty of spring and are at least a little in love.