So THAT'S why they call it grandiflora magnolia!

The magnolia tree started blooming. The blossoms are a foot across! Here are three photos, one with a early bloom, the next with one about to pop, and a third that has opened. The last photo are of petals that had fallen from blossoms gone by. The petals are very white but leathery and thick. I put a quarter on one for scale.

The Magnolia is gorgeous and now the addition of the blossoms dotting the tree with more to come has just made me love it even more.

Dogwood mania!

I didn't know that there were different colors of dogwoods. Well, we have had the pear blossoms pass, the forsythia is in force, and now the dogwoods are starting. Spring in Georgia is beautiful.

Here are two photos of our main street in Comer. Standing with the Post Office on my right shoulder, looking east, we see the Bank with a flowering Dogwood in front. Across the street from the Bank is the Phone Company, complete with old timey fonts, with another Dogwood. Notice the phone booths, obsolete and almost entirely gone from most urban and rural landscapes. I love Comer!

Now for something completely different

A post that does not reflect the current economic reality but instead reflects the current agricultural reality:

Pear blossoms at Comer Elementary School against a blue sky. The sky stays blue all day here, something I appreciate. Where I used to live, the sky might be blue for a quarter of the day. I love the brightness.


Forsythia line a driveway at a local farm. Everything blooms earlier here than I am used to. This is quite all right by me!