[flowering trees a substitute for mountains: flowering almond in Jerusalem – in winter, flowering almond along Locust walk in the peculiar winter of 2006. Flowering apricot in Salt Lake City, flowering apricot all up Locust walk in my neighborhood, and around CVS.—at significant times, Pesach getting out of Holy Cross, and return of spring/pesach in Philadelphia. I don’t remember flowering apricot trees, specifically, in Jerusalem—by mid March everything was in flower. The same for Los Angeles.