Purple leaf plum trees (Prunus cerasifera) are starting to bloom. The buds create galaxies within the tree’s universe of dark leaves. When they open into delicate flowers and are found by dappled sunlight, they seem enchanted. (See also the image in the first Comment space.)
These are on an ornamental plum tree that produces only a few small plums a year. It’s not an agricultural/orchard tree that produces large plums that are grown for fruit or for drying onto prunes.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on May 10, 2024.)