Blue skies have been rare these past few weeks, but a change is in the air, it is finally warming and feels like Spring is finally here. The Plum Blossoms seem to think so

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And a ku to go along with it:

truly to know plum blossoms
needs your heart
as well as your nose
—Onitsura
(trans. Stephen Addiss)1

The plum blossoms smell nearly as nice as they look, maybe even better!

1. Yes, translation not by me this time. I actually don't know the original Japanese for this one. Addiss didn't give it in his book. Oh well. His translation is rather nice though, isn't it? ↩