Redbud tree and...

 A lovely spring tree, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Black Mountain, UUCSV.

 The memorial garden and gazebo at UUCSV.

 A couple of fruit trees at the end of the parking lot. I wonder what kind they are...

I love these blossoms...huge clumps of pink.  But I can't think of what the name of this tree is...it's not a cherry, at least by looking at the trunk.

Quote to consider:

It’s like a schoolhouse
of little words,
thousands of words.
First you figure out what each one means by itself,
the jingle, the periwinkle, the scallop
full of moonlight.
Then you begin, slowly, to read the whole story. 

Mary Oliver