The very first flower I gave mom was a dandelion . Mom cherished as if it was a dozen roses. If I could have another opportunity to give mom flowers, it would be these tulips. Dear mom, here is another set of flowers for you. I miss you….

After a season snow, a quick trip to the Tidal Basin in DC merited an amazing Spring day with temperatures in the 70’s. Throngs of people early in the morning gathered to experience the Spring rite of passage, the opening of the Cherry Blossoms. This group of images aren’t your ordinary Cherry Blossom images of the monuments and the Tidal Basin. The images are an abstraction of cherry blossoms, water and painterly reflections. The images are in memory of my Mom Gloria G. Theckepera. Happy Spring!
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