Wordless Wednesday – has been renamed ‘Worth a Word’ Wednesday simply because I couldn’t stick to the rules of NO WORDS 🙂
Every year I think I take a similar photo to this one. I try to capture the magnolia flowers unfurling- I love Spring and I love our magnolia tree. It’s huge now and quite old but it flowers beautifully every single year, it never has a bad year. The weather on the other hand, sometimes has different ideas!
I always worry when I see the buds starting to open as it usually coincides with a spring storm or late snow or some other weather phenomenon, which means they get damaged and don’t get to show off their magnificence for very long.
Sometimes we go away travelling at this time of the year and my one regret is that I miss the magnolia flowering. We live a few hundred metres from a road and yet you can see the flowers from the road when it’s in full flowering mode. People often comment on how beautiful it is, and they’re right!
Today I’m off to stay with my mother up north for a week, so I decided to get this shot to remind me how it looked when I left and I can compare how it is when I return home, (and yes, we’re expecting rain/snow/wind over the next few days!!).
Enjoy your Wednesday everyone!!
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Debbie 🙂
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Beautiful! I wonder how your photos from over the years would look lined up together! (Pretty cool, I think!)
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What a great idea!! I’ll have to go back and have a look now, thanks 🙂
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enjoy your time with mom.
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Thanks Jodi, it’s very pleasant being here and doing things with her, as well as visiting dad.
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Another great photo, Debbie. I can almost smell the magnolia and feel its texture!
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You are too kind 😊
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some of the magnolias in my neighbourhood are just starting to bloom too, must get out with the camera
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Yes you can’t leave it too long Julz!!
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Beautiful! Our magnolias have all flowered and fallen, so it is lovely to see a new bud. The image has a great “painterly” effect too 🙂
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Thanks Su, it was just asking for a close up shot!! I love the effect too. They are such a beautiful flower but they never last too long.
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🙂
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Lovely photo, hopefully the buds will stay in tact with all this bad weather due 😉
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Thanks, I hope so too.
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My little magnolia is still a baby. I hope it grows up to be as beautiful as yours.🌼🌼🌼
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I hope so too, they are glorious when they flower.
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Wow Deb it’s gorgeous. I’ve only just discovered the magnolias in my neighbourhood. They’re glorious. This photo is stunning. I love Becca’s idea of a collage of all your shots.
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Thanks Desley, I love these trees! I’ll look into doing a collage post!
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Looking forward to it.
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Hope your magnolia tree is thriving. Such a beautiful flower.
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Its thriving Miriam and hasn’t opened too much more in the week I was away.
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Gorgeous photo!
Also, since I’m an idiot, I had to check and recheck the date of this article (it’s fall in the states). Then it clicked, haha.
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Not an idiot!! Just on the other side of the world 🇦🇺
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Glad you added some words. I enjoy your descriptions. Beautiful photo.
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I’m glad you like my photo too, it’s fully opened up now and the tree is looking glorious. Thanks!!
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I truly think the magnolia tree is one of the most beautiful.
When I was a kid, I would collect the petals falling from the tree and use them as bookmarks, because the purfume would last so long even after they fell.
I’m so envious you have one of these trees 🙂
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What a great idea! I hadn’t thought of using the petals as bookmarks so I’m going to do that now!! Thanks for the great comment.
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