Unexpected Blossoms

Unexpected Blossoms
            In search of spring blossoms, I remembered that the Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park features various flowers mentioned in the works of Shakespeare. Time to visit and see what was in bloom.
            Looking down at the ground-level flower beds, I was disappointed not to see spring colors on display. Then I looked up.
            My vision was filled with a lovely canopy of pale pink and white petals mixed with spring-green leaves and gray-green moss. Visitors strolled beneath the tunnel created by these delicate blossoms along the walkway that leads past a sundial to a bust of Shakespeare himself on the back wall.
            These aren’t cherry blossoms, I thought. The pale, fluffy flowers had a similar visual effect, but they were not the iconic cherry petals so many of us look for in March and April.
            I found out that these were crabapple trees. Why crabapple trees in the Shakespeare Garden? Turns out there is a story about William Shakespeare falling asleep under a crabapple tree, which supposedly later attained magical powers.
            Enjoy the emerging array of spring flowers where you live. If you’re lucky, you’ll stumble onto some surprises. Keep putting one foot forward!
            This week’s HikingAutism Hike Notes from the archives is Shakespeare Garden-Golden Gate Park, one of many special feature areas within San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
 
This week’s Hike Notes from the Archives:
(Original Hike Notes 183): Shakespeare Garden-Golden Gate Park
 
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