It is starting to be spring here, and that means that things are starting to blossom. The almond tree blooms about a month before everything else. My friend Meredith is miserable because almond pollen is apparently very allergenic (strangely I haven't felt allergic to it at all). I happen to think that almond blossoms are very beautiful. The first photo is a shot of a pollinator at work on an almond blossom. The second photo is some of last years almonds after wintering over on the branch.
Almonds are related to peaches and plums and other stone fruits. The black fuzzy layer in the second photo is a bit like the fuzzy skin of a peach. I think that's cool.
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