Comments on: In The Orchards Of Kent https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/30/in-the-orchards-of-kent-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 01 May 2024 10:57:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kate Bacon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/30/in-the-orchards-of-kent-i/#comment-1569908 Wed, 01 May 2024 10:57:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199561#comment-1569908 ]]> Having just returned from Japan and, among many other delights, the Hirosaki Sakura festival, I’m glad I only need to venture to Kent next year 🌸

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/30/in-the-orchards-of-kent-i/#comment-1569764 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:44:14 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199561#comment-1569764 A beautiful sight. The blossom has been particularly good this year, so no doubt it’ll be a good harvest. I love Cherries but supermarket ones taste very mediocre. I wouldn’t mind going up and down those paths when the cherries are ripening. I’d be very pleased to offer my ‘taste buds’ for the purpose of quality control!

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/30/in-the-orchards-of-kent-i/#comment-1569706 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:34:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199561#comment-1569706 Such wonderful blossom and in such a lovely part of England.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/30/in-the-orchards-of-kent-i/#comment-1569687 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:53:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199561#comment-1569687 Oh. My. I have an irrational urge to hug these beautiful, lavish trees — quite literally, snuggle next to their trunks, and slip my arms around them. If my cranky knees would allow, I would take the colorful old blanket out of the trunk of my car, spread it out, and stretch out underneath these
overhanging boughs, and just stare up into the bales of blossoms. I will satisfy myself with looking at a much-more-modest array of white blossoming trees here on our land in the Hudson River Valley — although their white blooms are mere dots amongst acres of green. But — hey — after a long winter, “acres of green” is nothing to complain about.

Thank you for furnishing optimism — every day.

]]> By: Christine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/30/in-the-orchards-of-kent-i/#comment-1569665 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:44:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199561#comment-1569665 Such beautiful colours! Like snow falling when a gentle breeze x

]]> By: Juliet Wrightson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/30/in-the-orchards-of-kent-i/#comment-1569658 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:05:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199561#comment-1569658 How extraordinary and fascinating- Thank you

]]> By: Wendy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/30/in-the-orchards-of-kent-i/#comment-1569642 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:48:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199561#comment-1569642 Beautiful. Thanks for sharing your photos. I grew up in Kent, surrounded in orchards many of which have now gone. Some of the trees survive on what is now public land which is great for foraging.

]]> By: Liz Aitken https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/04/30/in-the-orchards-of-kent-i/#comment-1569639 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:35:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199561#comment-1569639 These are just lovely! Brightens my day!

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