I have a few more photos
from Florida to share with you. dear reader...
Spring in the south means magnolias are in bloom
and I have been waiting...
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| magnolia grandiflora |
rather impatiently to see them
in all their splendid glory...
magnolias, you see...
are the oldest flowering plants in the world...
that is quite a distinction...
don't you think?
I was impatient because I have never seen them before, but if you follow
La Dolce Vita...
then you know that I am impatient about ALL blooms...
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| my quick sketch of the Magnolia Grandiflora... |
nature has always inspired me...
I just finished reading Elizabeth Gilbert's book
The Signature of all Things..
the heroine, studies moss
and so I was captivated by the mosses on the trees...
and the tiny ferns growing from both
moss and tree, and thinking
what a great relationship trees have to all of life...
and it reminded me of how interconnected we all are...
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| palm trees the color or dusty miller... |
and for those of you who have never seen a magnolia tree in bloom..
it is quite spectacular, I assure you..
the flower petals are very large and thick..
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| my quick sketch of Magnolia Virginiana.. the first to go to Europe |
and they drape over the leaves as if they are swooning..
the undersides of the leaves are a distinct copper brown..
quite remarkable...
they have an air of nobility and perseverance...
and their meaning?
a love of nature...
of course...
xo
