Beautiful Blossoms in Portland

Title: Crab Apple Blossoms
Nikon D40 (please click on image to enlarge)
©2009 Christine Pierce

My husband and I took a walk around Northeast Portland last Saturday, and the blossoms were blooming with gusto! I had thought cherry blossoms were my favorite tree flower, but the crab apple blossoms and pink dogwood blooms are giving them a run for the money!

Title: Pink Dogwood Branch
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©2009 Christine Pierce

This little pink dogwood blossom looked so demure, with its little leaves crossed just-so:

Title: Shy Pink Dogwood Blossom
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©2009 Christine Pierce

Upon further reflection, I guess my favorite blossoms are whatever flowers are blooming at the time...

Pink Cherry Blossoms

Title: Pink Cherry Blossoms
on Tree Trunk
(watercolor, micron 02 pen, sketchbook)

I love cherry blossoms that are so wild, they grow all over the tree!

I also love the huge variety of cherry blossoms that grow in Oregon. Here are some darker pink blossoms:


And here are some less-ruffled but still-gorgeous pink cherry blossoms:


Is there anything better than looking up through a canopy of cherry blossoms on a beautiful spring day?