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Brooklyn Botanic Gardens


 I woke up feeling awful today, and it took me a few hours to work out why. I’d planned to share this part of the trip with a dear friend who died at the end of January. This message on the side of the Brooklyn Public Library really spoke to me.


I beguiled my sorrow with a trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, somewhere we’d planned to visit.

There Spring has…


…well and truly sprung.

It nourished my heart…


…to walk in the garden and think of him.


It’s cherry blossom 🌸 time…


…and the joy and excitement under the trees was palpable.


I was able to savour the joy of new life…


…renewal…


…whilst holding on to the valuable…


…precious memories of the past.


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