Plum blossoms...

The by-products of pruning the orchard are hours spent outdoors, sore muscles, and piles of branches stacked up, ready to be hauled to the burn pile. I got a bonus this year. the smallest branches from the plum tree were already swelling into bud, so I brought them inside to see if they'd bloom. And they did, for just two days, then they faded and dropped. Still, they were beautiful.