Soul Food

I planted this weeping cherry tree in the late Fall of 1999. A mere stripling, maybe three feet tall and essentially barren of branches, it was easily carried in one hand. I never thought it would attain the height and beauty it has. Each year it has doubled in size and now reaches, I would judge, about 18-20 feet to the tippy top branches and is now at eye level from my second-story bedroom window. It is always a joy to behold all year 'round but right now it also feeds the soul. Nature's infinite beauty cannot be replicated...