WEBVTT - Spring blooms are worth the bother

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that spring blooms are worth the bother. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>experiencing beautiful or memorable things can take a lot of effort,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's okay. Beautiful things are worth spending energy for,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly if they are fleeting. So I have become something

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<v Speaker 1>of a floral tourist of late I went to Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>d C two tuesdays in a row in late March

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<v Speaker 1>in order to see the cherry blossoms at peak bloom.

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<v Speaker 1>I took the train from Philadelphia to d C, took

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<v Speaker 1>a cab to the Title Basin, and then walked around,

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<v Speaker 1>just gawking at the white and pink snowballs clinging to

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<v Speaker 1>the trees. Millions of petals create a canopy of other

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<v Speaker 1>worldly beauty. It's just the most amazing sight, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>glad to have seen it. I also made sure to

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<v Speaker 1>get on the pre sale list to buy tickets for

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<v Speaker 1>Holland Ridge Farms in New Jersey. Once or twice every April,

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<v Speaker 1>I drive an hour to see the acres of tulips.

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<v Speaker 1>I pick some to take home and document many others

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<v Speaker 1>with the portrait mode on my phone. Now it has

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<v Speaker 1>not been easy to travel an hour or two in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of everything else to see spring blooms. And

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps it sounds a bit silly too, really taking days

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<v Speaker 1>just to go see beautiful things. But spring blooms are fleeting.

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<v Speaker 1>The cherries were gorgeous for about ten days, and then

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<v Speaker 1>those millions of petals turned to cherry snow, the tulips

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<v Speaker 1>whitherto Nature blooms on her own clock, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to see it, you have to adjust your schedule

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<v Speaker 1>to hers. I think that's worth doing. In general, seeing

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful things and making memories is worth the bother. Travel,

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<v Speaker 1>especially with kids, can be a huge hassle, but those

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<v Speaker 1>trips often become our most intense memories. It is more

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable to just sit around the house. That's less of

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<v Speaker 1>a bother. But so what Having traveled two hours by

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<v Speaker 1>train to DC to see those blossoms, I don't now

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<v Speaker 1>find myself saying, Wow, what a mistake that was to

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<v Speaker 1>spend ninety minutes surrounded by gorgeous blooms. I wish I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have those photos to look back on now. I

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<v Speaker 1>wish I'd spent that day at my desk and puttering

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<v Speaker 1>around the house. I don't say that because I know

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<v Speaker 1>there is a time for that when the blooms aren't

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<v Speaker 1>at their peak. Of course, everything in life is a balance.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't spend our entire lives traveling, and if I

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<v Speaker 1>spent every day seeking out spring blossoms, I would never

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<v Speaker 1>do anything else. But the occasional adventure can definitely fit

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<v Speaker 1>into life, even if we are busy, and even if

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<v Speaker 1>we are tired. Spring blooms are worth the bother, and

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<v Speaker 1>so are many other things in this beautiful world. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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