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Plum Blossom

(flickr picture; they turned off the share links)

These kinds of trees are blooming around here, too. We have a lot of cherry plums which have purple/red leaves and pinker blossoms. They're actually the trees I look to for a "green world" cue as to when Imbolc (by whatever name) has arrived. And true to form, the persimmon tree down the street has been blooming since mid-January and was beginning to come out in leaves today.