The fickle spring weather gods afforded me another day of cycling this morning, which allowed me to get out on the bike and take more photos of the cherry blossoms as they near their peak bloom. I got to head out on my bike on the usual morning route I take, and was rewarded with an essentially people-free view of some beautiful cherry trees in almost full bloom and looking pretty, well, cherry ripe! Areas less exposed to the sun are still to fully flower. Today’s forecast is for cloudy weather, and the rest of the week will be the…
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I always look for a sharp way to start of a post, hopefully with some sort of catchy word play that might draw anybody who stumbles across the blog into reading further. I was pretty sure today’s title would play that role perfectly. And then I wasn’t. A cherry ripe is an Australian chocolate bar and for me was also a term used to describe someone or something in its optimal state. And I thought the expression to be cherry ripe was pretty common. But when I Googled for a link to the term to help the SEO, I was…