These star magnolias are on our usual daily dog walk. I’ve been watching them testing the air. Now they look like a go.
They look a bit like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon.
Maybe spring will come this year!
Emergence
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Raindrops on the maple tree
Fuzzy-wuzzy will be a flower
…if it fur is warm enough that the predicted colder than normal January doesn’t nip its buds.
I’m not exactly sure what plant this is, but its fuzzy flower buds caught my eye on a New Year’s Day walk. I loved the textures and the way the little fuzzy hairs caught the winter light.
A wet and fluffy day
Is wet and cold a texture? It rained all day today and since it was below 40 degrees F most of the day it was pretty chilly too. I tried to capture the essence of this day with a picture:
Wet and unseasonably cold: notice the tight little flower buds, usually this tree is blooming by now, sometimes it will even have a flower or two in January. My umbrella is on the ground below because I couldn’t hold it and manage the camera. The raindrops on my lens are there because I couldn’t manage the umbrella, but I like the effect.
The day was fluffy because I took the pups up for “two-fer Tuesday” at the Wash Dog. So they are clean and fluffy for visiting Grandma tomorrow…all I have to do is keep them clean and dry-ish until then.
I hope you enjoy my textures. To see more interesting ones check out Tuesdays of Texture.
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