‘If there be a Paradise on the Earth, it is this, it is this, it is this’. Thus read one of the verses coined by Firdaus, a poet in Mughal emperor Shahjahan's court. Indeed, this typical beauty of Jammu & Kashmir does become a reality with the onset of spring. And this enchanting scenario is attributed to the thousands of almond trees blossoming to present a surreal blanket of white and pink in the majestic mountainous landscape.