Day 215: The Chokecherries are blooming. Favoured by the Evening Grosbeaks, the fruit of this tree is nothing a human would care to eat. It is also known as Bitter Cherry, a name which does no justice to its benefit to Nature nor to the beauty it brings to the eye when in full bloom. Bloom it does with a lavishness which is almost excessive, surrounding each branch tip in a cloud of white as leaves begin to emerge and unfurl. It is the burgeoning of May, and its petals fall like showers to be gone in June, having led summer to our doors.
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