I missed last week due to illness and having to spend a few hours in the emergency department, but I’m now well again and happy to be back. For this last week of Spring Festival, I’m sharing some photos of the blossoms on my Southern Magnolia tree which is currently in bloom. Linked to Dawn’s…
Tag: Southern Magnolia
On the Hunt for Joy: Week 1 – Get Outside
Every day now I greet the morning by going outside to have my second cup of coffee on the front porch. I often look at the treetops, and the other day I photographed the tops of several trees I can see from the porch… See more photos taken outside or join the Hunt for Joy…
Fabulous Friday: Magnolia and happiness
“True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) HAPPINESS IS CONTAGIOUS! LET’S INFECT ONE ANOTHER! Linked to Woodland Gnome’s Fabulous Friday
The Luminous Essence of Nature
Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable. (Robert Delaunay)
Into the valley and back again: My first outings
Home from the hospital now for a little over two weeks, I am recovering well from my medical emergency, although not as quickly as I would like to. I still am on a restricted diet and have lost a good bit of weight. People remark about how pale I look. Although I feel almost back…
Now Blooming In My Corner of North Georgia: Southern Magnolia
Poem to the Magnolia Grandiflora By Christopher Pearse Cranch Majestic flower! How purely beautiful Thou art, as rising from thy bower of green, Those dark and glossy leaves so thick and full, Thou standest like a high-born forest queen Among thy maidens clustering round so fair,— I love to watch thy sculptured form unfolding, And…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra
An extra, unexpected detail in a photo. That’s what the Weekly Photo Challenge is all about this week. After using a telephoto lens to photograph blooms high on our Southern magnolia tree, I discovered two unexpected insects on this bloom, insects I could not see from where I was standing on the ground. To see…
Winter Storm Pax has arrived!
Seriously, where do they get the names for these storms? Pax is the Latin word for peace, and although Atlanta is probably anything but peaceful as tens of thousands of people go without power in the ice storm, up here in the North Georgia mountains, where winters usually are rather mild, we are getting snow….
Hints of Autumn in My Corner of North Georgia
The once-pink sedum has turned a darker hue… One leaf on the maple tree is changing… As is one on the holly bush… Seed pods have formed on the Southern magnolia… Fruit is on the quince bush… Spider webs are everywhere… And my little buddy is gathering everything he can in preparation for colder weather……
Now blooming in my corner of North Georgia: Mimosa & Magnolia
Two of my favorite trees are now blooming in Northeast Georgia: the Southern Magnolia which is native to the area and the Mimosa which was introduced from China in the 18th century. MIMOSA Mimosa trees were introduced as ornamental trees and now grow not only in gardens but also alongside highways and waterways and in…
Unexpected in common hours 