Pruning Trees In A Blossom Orchard

Beneath a canopy of pink cherry blossoms, four people work from wooden ladders to trim flowering branches into wicker baskets below. A woman in a yellow headscarf snips a cluster of blooms near the treetop, while a man in green overalls reaches for a higher branch further down the row. Another woman in a purple sweater passes cut branches down to a girl waiting at the base of her ladder. Fallen petals scatter across the grass path winding between the trees, and baskets already brimming with pink blossoms sit at the foot of each ladder. Distant rows of blossoming trees fade toward soft hills under a pale blue sky streaked with golden clouds. Each basket filling at the ladder's foot already separates the harvest into portions ready to carry home.