tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2688743662571498009..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Cherry Blossom Time - Joan LennonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-22818498056997607332019-04-09T20:51:20.982+01:002019-04-09T20:51:20.982+01:00Lovely!Lovely!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31454821215388268712019-04-06T14:13:13.134+01:002019-04-06T14:13:13.134+01:00Well thank you, Joan!! Gorgeous pictures make me h...Well thank you, Joan!! Gorgeous pictures make me homesick for Japan!<br />LesleyLesley Downerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845248172120197304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-54546076141145952612019-04-05T16:07:20.818+01:002019-04-05T16:07:20.818+01:00what a beautifully-sounding instrument!
A recent ...what a beautifully-sounding instrument!<br /><br />A recent Radio 4 series was about a plant-hunter called Cherry Ingrams who was very involved with the planting of cherry trees in Japan after a 20C earthquake.<br /><br />Japanese culture - if I understood it correctly - regards the brevity of the blossoms existence to be part of their beauty - and cherry blossoms were painted on the planes of the young kamikaze pilots in honour of their brief but beautiful sacrifice. Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-75009143194927597132019-04-05T14:26:29.855+01:002019-04-05T14:26:29.855+01:00Thank you for all, music, words, pictures, pleasur...Thank you for all, music, words, pictures, pleasure and peace.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389276321434578140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81458550020205240302019-04-05T11:52:56.386+01:002019-04-05T11:52:56.386+01:00Beautiful to look at and to listen to - thanks, Jo...Beautiful to look at and to listen to - thanks, Joan.<br />(Those monkeys! They are so furry I want to stroke them.) Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-70566289501172971112019-04-05T10:46:20.343+01:002019-04-05T10:46:20.343+01:00Lovely, Joan. Have a good time in Canada and come ...Lovely, Joan. Have a good time in Canada and come home safely.<br />Cherries flower early in Scotland! My plum is in full blossom but the cherry is only just beginning to think about it.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com