1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: tip is that spring blooms are worth the bother. Sometimes 4 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: experiencing beautiful or memorable things can take a lot of effort, 5 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: but that's okay. Beautiful things are worth spending energy for, 6 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: particularly if they are fleeting. So I have become something 7 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: of a floral tourist of late I went to Washington, 8 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: d C two tuesdays in a row in late March 9 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: in order to see the cherry blossoms at peak bloom. 10 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: I took the train from Philadelphia to d C, took 11 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: a cab to the Title Basin, and then walked around, 12 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: just gawking at the white and pink snowballs clinging to 13 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: the trees. Millions of petals create a canopy of other 14 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: worldly beauty. It's just the most amazing sight, and I'm 15 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: glad to have seen it. I also made sure to 16 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: get on the pre sale list to buy tickets for 17 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: Holland Ridge Farms in New Jersey. Once or twice every April, 18 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: I drive an hour to see the acres of tulips. 19 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: I pick some to take home and document many others 20 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: with the portrait mode on my phone. Now it has 21 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: not been easy to travel an hour or two in 22 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: the middle of everything else to see spring blooms. And 23 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: perhaps it sounds a bit silly too, really taking days 24 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: just to go see beautiful things. But spring blooms are fleeting. 25 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: The cherries were gorgeous for about ten days, and then 26 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: those millions of petals turned to cherry snow, the tulips 27 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: whitherto Nature blooms on her own clock, and if you 28 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: want to see it, you have to adjust your schedule 29 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: to hers. I think that's worth doing. In general, seeing 30 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: beautiful things and making memories is worth the bother. Travel, 31 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: especially with kids, can be a huge hassle, but those 32 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: trips often become our most intense memories. It is more 33 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: comfortable to just sit around the house. That's less of 34 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: a bother. But so what Having traveled two hours by 35 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: train to DC to see those blossoms, I don't now 36 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: find myself saying, Wow, what a mistake that was to 37 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: spend ninety minutes surrounded by gorgeous blooms. I wish I 38 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: didn't have those photos to look back on now. I 39 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: wish I'd spent that day at my desk and puttering 40 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: around the house. I don't say that because I know 41 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: there is a time for that when the blooms aren't 42 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: at their peak. Of course, everything in life is a balance. 43 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: We can't spend our entire lives traveling, and if I 44 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: spent every day seeking out spring blossoms, I would never 45 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: do anything else. But the occasional adventure can definitely fit 46 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: into life, even if we are busy, and even if 47 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: we are tired. Spring blooms are worth the bother, and 48 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: so are many other things in this beautiful world. In 49 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's 50 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd 51 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: love to hear from you. 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