Oh, to be in England
Now that April’s there,
And whoever wakes in England
Sees, some morning, unaware,
That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough
In England – now!

Home Thoughts from Abroad, Robert Browning

I have no photos of chaffinches to share this April. But this is cherry blossom (sakura) month in London, and it has been a wonderful spring for blossom on the street trees of Ealing.

So here, instead of chaffinches are some of my favourite photos of them, and a few other flowers thrown in for good measure. All shared for this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge theme of Colourful April. Although, I have to confess, a couple of these photos were taken at the very end of March!

Pink blossom and a bee
Cherry blossom plus visitor
White blossom with dark centre
Cherry blossom
Pale pink blossom
More blossom
Green parrot in a pink-blossom tree
Ring-necked Parakeet enjoying the blossom
Looking up at a magnolia tree
Magnolia tree, South Ealing Cemetery
Deep pink flower
Heart of a camellia
Looking down into red tulip
Tulip art
Bright yellow flower
Early freesia in our front garden
Catkins hanging from a twig
Catkins in Lammas Park

All photos taken in Ealing in spring 2021

32 thoughts on “Gallery: April in Ealing”

  3. I’ve never lived near cherry blossoms, and I’ve only seen a profusion of them once. In Washington, D.C. Your pictures are awesome — so clear and colorful and delicate. Thanks for sharing with us all.

    1. Glad you enjoyed these Rusha 🙂 I’ve heard that the cherry blossom in Washington, D.C. is something special although I’ve not (yet) been there myself.

    1. Thank you Lisa 🙂 Interestingly I nearly didn’t include that shot as it’s so grainy – taken through the bedroom window on a dull day! But then I decided it added something different to the mix so left it in. I’m happy you liked it!

  9. I love the cherry blossoms. Now if only I could smell them 😁 I used to enjoy visiting Washington D.C. during cherry blossom season. Oh so pretty! Lovely images.

  10. You’re well ahead of us Sarah. I couldn’t possibly produce a gallery like this yet. So this is a lovely preview-treat.

    1. I’m still always surprised, despite many years of visiting Newcastle around Easter, how much earlier we get our spring flowers compared to further north. Someone told me recently that the difference is reckoned to be on a par with the speed at which an average person could walk north – that is, if you set off from the south coast on 1st April you would see the same flowers emerging each day as you progressed northwards. But I have no idea if that’s true!

  11. We forget sometimes just how many lovely blooms and blossoms we are gifted with in our part of the world. Here on the Isle of Wight, we have more magnolia than cherry and almost every other garden boasts one. I don’t have any as my garden is too small, but my damson tree is about to bloom as well as the espaliered apple tree. Your gallery is wonderful, gorgeous photos, the cherry blossom best of all.

    1. Thank you Mari, I’m glad you enjoyed these 🙂 Our garden is too small for a magnolia tree too, but I can enjoy the very many we have in neighbouring streets’ front gardens!

  12. Beautiful images Sarah – I’m amazed that so much is blooming already in your corner of the world! You’ve shown Ealing at its beautiful best! Loved the magnolia tree especially.

    1. Thank you Tina 🙂 Yes, the magnolia is my favourite too. That shot was taken last Sunday and already many of the magnolias here are past their best and the cherry blossom too. It’s almost time for the blackthorn bushes to be at their best, our lilac and apple tree are nearly flowering and soon we’ll have horse chestnuts lining the paths in our local park and part of our main road too 🙂

  13. It’s great to see Spring colours emerging everywhere isn’t it…the first bluebells are just peeping through in the woodlands here now, just starting to join the bright yellow celandine, pristine white of the wood anemones all across the verdant green carpet. It’s starting to look good!!

    1. Yes, it really gives me a lift to see all these flowers. We have a few bluebells out in our local cemetery (but I didn’t have any photos good enough to share!) and celandines in all sorts of spots (but same problem there 😆 )

  14. Breathtaking colorful spring blossoms, Sarah. I love your Cherry blossom captures. We don’t have pink Magnolia here, only white. Due to the bad snow storm in January, I haven’t seen any Magnolia flower so far, but we had a bunch last spring. Fabulous gallery. Thank you for sharing!

    1. Thank you Amy 🙂 I love magnolia and we’re lucky to see white, pink and (less common) almost crimson varieties in our gardens!

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