My Sakura Girl

For about 10 days in the spring, the Japanese flowering cherry trees, sakura, are in bloom. After only a week, every breeze sends petals cascading down from the trees. They swirl to the ground, forming silky pink and white puddles. And in a few more days, they are gone for good. So beautiful, delicate, and all too fleeting. Just like a daughter's childhood....

Lily in the sakura.



Pretty Easter dress. The flowers reminded me of sakura blossoms.



Sakura photos from the base.

Correct pronunciation of sakura - sah-koo-rah.
As with most Japanese words, there is no emphasis on any syllable.