Flowers and Tea

Tis the season for stone fruit blossoms. It always seemed backwards to me, for the flowers to come before the leaves. The poor trees have been fasting all winter, yet they go all out producing glorious blooms, like putting on an opera right before the end of Lent. Where do they get the energy?

Toasted rice tea with some of my handmade cracked wheat oatmeal bread. Bulghur wheat is delicious and chewy. It is better than candy.