Today I strolled down the historic Victoriei Street in Bucharest in search of fruit trees in bloom. I walked quite a ways from the apartment I am staying in before I arrived at this small park. And there I found my blossom trees.
Bucharest, 2011
Locals too were basking in the cool spring day, while bumble bees buzzed and the sun cast shadows. I was not the only one with my camera pointing at the pretty pale pink.
It is a little late for the Mărţişor, a traditional Romanian celebration of spring held on March 1 when men gift women small amulets tied to strings of red and white. Still I saw dozens of these marţ tied to flowers throughout the town. This one below with a little butterfly is a fancier - maybe more modern - version.
Here is one final view of this charming park looking towards the back of the old royal palace, today the National Museum of Art.
28 comments:
Such beauty in each photo! Blossoms give such a wonderful sparkle in the air!
Lovely, delicate spring colors, beautiful trees and sunshine and shadows!! Perfect! Love all of your photos, Francisca, as always! Hope your weekend is going well! Enjoy!
Sylvia
Oh what a lovely, beautiful, sunny, pink walk with this sweet tradition!
Beautiful blossoming trees. I love the closeups. Have a great weekend!
What a beautiful city! It looks like a great "walking" city which I would really enjoy visiting. Lovely images, Francisca.
Exquisite close-up of lovely pink blossoms!
Oh! How lucky you are to be among blossoms! Thanks for sharing them. My heart is now singing. :))
What a great find, Francisca! The blossoms are lovely! I really love spring :-D
Hope you're enjoying your weekend there!
Beautiful blossoms, beautiful park. Mickie
I love blossom, lovely shots:)
beautiful and delicate blooms. the love the shot with the bench and the last photo is fabulous.
Today's Flowers
lovely pink blooms...i wanna go there in your place...visiting from Scenic Sunday...
mine's here:
http://lovingoutliving.blogspot.com/2011/04/popes-tower.html
What a beautiful walk you had Francisca! It's always lovely to see blossom trees:)
Neat tradition hanging there.
Soon I will see the same beautiful sights here on Lolland ;-)
Great shots!
Lovely place and lovely blossoms!
http://fredamans.blogspot.com/2011/04/shadow-shot.html
Wow, what beautiful photos...and that "museum" - fantastic structure with gorgeous surroundings!
Look like apple blossoms...right?
Thanks for your comments...it took me a minute to get your reference to "Anita," but I meditated and it all came back. Poor Anita whose god told her gay was bad and that she should be god's spokesperson...I think that eventually did her in. I don't know if she's still living...
So glad you found blossoms too. They're pretty wherever they are - these are especially delicate and it's lovely to see the bee enjoying it.
These pictures are wonderful, oh I love Spring time so much!
Amazing colours!
Thanks for your always kind words and please forgive my absence, I was out for some days and in fact, I'm lazy for blogging, I think I need a vacation! LOL
Hugs and a happy week ahead,
Léia
A great time of year to be out with a camera! Very nice photos!
There aren't too many changes here during spring time. Mostly wildflowers...
love the bee on the blossom!
Wow you captured so much beauty for this post! Those blossom trees are stunning! I hope you have a lovely week ahead :)
Pretty.
I remember hearing about the Martinitsa custom from the old Bulgarians in Israel.
A lovely park, good weather, what is better than this? Ah, yes: blooming trees!
It's so nice watching spring reaching everywhere!
Pretty. You've some very nice shots there.
So wonderful to see your world springing into such lovely life.
Such a romantic and perfect day to walk at the park under the lovely pink blooms! Beautiful place!
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