Sunday, May 2, 2010

More Nature...


Ah, Spring. You had me at "hello."


My little magnolia tree is quite the sight, don't you think? From far away, she looks like a pink cotton candy tree.


Here's one of her blooms, wide-open.


And here is a close-up of the firecracker center.

Pretty cool, eh?



3 comments:

mom said...

this is so pretty. you are doing a good job getting some neat pictures. keep it up.

Tales of Our Journey said...

I love magnolias. Your's is so cute!

project metamorphosis said...

Those are beautiful.. Good job with the pics... I'm glad you're getting use out of that camera!

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