A Tangle In Time - Yuriage Sakura - Cloth Letters For Japan

At Quail Hill, it's ornamental cherry blossom time again in our area and though beautiful as the trees are, loaded with blooms, already they are beginning to fade and bronze greeny leaves are appearing.

Whevenver I see cherry blossoms, the song Sakura Sakura comes to mind (thank you Kumiko for teaching it to me!) and of course my thoughts wing their way westward to Japan.

Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
On Meadow-hills and dale,
As far as you can see.
Is it a mist, or clouds?
Fragrant in the morning sun.
Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
Flowers in full bloom.
Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
Across the Spring sky,
As far as you can see.
Is it a mist, or clouds?
Fragrant in the air.
Come now, come,

 Let’s look, at last!

My tangle represents the cherry blossom and is named for the courageous children of Yuriage who have endured the unbelievable tragedy of having their entire town devastated by the recent Tsunami.
The quilted background idea comes from Linda Ohama's Cloth Letters For Japan site.

Cloth letters bring cheer to Japan by Rod Mickleburgh
VANCOUVER— From Monday's Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Mar. 25, 2012

Part of the article is as follows:

" Still, Ms. Ohama had no idea what to expect last Canada Day when she unveiled the cloth letters to Japanese students for the first time.
Just three and a half months earlier, many of the junior high school students in front of her had been through the trauma of losing their homes, their parents, and all had lost classmates to the rampaging waves. Their hometown, Yuriage, was obliterated.
“How would they react to these cloth letters all sewn together by Canadians … from this woman in sandals who sweated a lot,” she wondered. “I was nervous.”
She needn’t have worried, however, the moment she began pulling the quilt out of her red suitcase.
“As it got longer and longer, the students stood up and started clapping. They were smiling. Then they started laughing, then they began giggling. They loved it.”
Within minutes, they were walking around the quilt, spread out on the gymnasium floor, examining every single panel. On the spot, the Yuriage students decided to make their own cloth letters to send to Canada.
The reaction was similar elsewhere, and there are now a dozen cloth-letter quilts made by Japanese school children."
Love and Hope bloom again at Cherry Blossom Time.
Blessngs of Cherry Blossoms to you all.