Oliver's Tree

When we moved we took Oliver's memorial tree with us in a half-wine barrel planter.  I was thrilled to see it budding this spring and so thankful it survived the long freezes this winter and our move.  The timing was perfect and exactly what I had hoped for when I picked it out (it was a memorial gift from Joel's aunts and uncles, it is a dwarf weeping cherry tree, var. Snow Fountains).

It budded out at the very end of February,

and was covered in an abundance of little white flowers for almost the entire month of March:

We placed it right outside our living room window, just by the front door, and it was a beautiful way to remember our little one throughout the month of his birthday and memorial day.  I loved having its branches filling our window with such lovely, sweet blooms.   The picture below doesn't quite do it justice, but you get the idea.  

I planted some flowering summer bulbs around the base, so now that the tree is full of green leaves there is color filling the pot underneath.  The birds have discovered the tree's ornamental berries, and have been amusing the girls and the cats by flying up so close to the house to pick the fruit!