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The cherry trees are beginning to bloom.  I don't want them to bloom too fast.  Their blooms are known to come at once and fall at once.  Our house of 18 years is going up for sale in a couple of weeks.  It is a sad but positive transition in my life.  I have never been more attached to a house than this house.  Our house was our art.  We fixed it up nicely. Then lived in it.  We never finished the restoration work like the fireplace or the kitchen walls but for many years, it served us well.  Before I start looking back, I still want to enjoy the beauty of this house, especially the trees we planted in the garden.  The cherry trees were the first to plant.  They came from Washington State.  These trees remind us of the cherries in Japan when they bloom.  Now I am thinking of moving to Washington or Japan or both. But for the moment, I would like to enjoy my trees in Santa Monica.