What blessed relief to not have to wear a coat, to not have to wear socks or real shoes!
I even felt like I was on vacation - hence, the turquoise bracelet to let the world, and my mind, know that I was officially on holiday!
After I came home from my grocery shopping expedition, I even had a lunch that required no heating!
Fiji apple, eaten with thoughts of island adventures!
Baby carrots for crunch, crunch, CRUNCH!
And chicken breast that didn't need to be prepped or cooked, just drained!
All with the house wide open, drinking in the warmth and sunshine from the great outdoors!
And what had led to this glorious round of rejoicing in this month of February?
One of my neighbors had seen my gorgeous tree, this Japanese magnolia, in full tilt boogie BLOOM after days of rain and cold and had been moved to take a photograph, as I have done countless times, and to post it on fb in our neighborhood group!
I had seen it, just an hour or so after she posted it, as I had popped on that social site - right place, right time!
I'd promptly posted her shot as my cover photo, then I was off to enjoy this day that God had granted to me!
Then, Patrick Young made me laugh out loud with this bit of silliness: Every single thing that exists in this infinite universe is either a duck, or not a duck.
Hahahaha! Hahahaha!
2 comments:
Posted in the Forrest Hills Neighborhood group on fb by one of my neighbors on 24 Feb 2021:
Jade Branson McCully
When the magnolia tulip trees start blooming you know spring is on its way!
One of my favorite trees in the neighborhood.
Do you have a favorite tree in the neighborhood?
- take a photo and give it a shout out.
Lily Kilgore McCormick
My most favorite one!!!
Leona Cruse Humphries
My fam loves that tree!
Faustina Smith
That's my tree!!! She always lets me know to stay hopeful!
She has been blooming for at least two weeks.
She always tries to be the first one in the neighborhood!
Judy Berube
I’ve been looking at yours and then at mine the last week or so and my blooms haven’t opened up yet.
Faustina Smith
The Sullivans have one, too, but it's much younger and blooms later than mine.
My tree is probably fifty years old.
When my family moved into the neighborhood in 1969, I remember the tree then, but it wasn't as large.
I posted the Japanese magnolia as my cover photo on 24 Feb 2021 and I received the following responses:
This is MY harbinger of spring!
One of my neighbors took this and shared on our neighborhood page.
Isn't she a beauty?
She's been in bloom at least two weeks... much better than a groundhog for predicting spring!
Faustina Smith
Good thing I mowed the yard last week!
Bunny Jones Roberts
Beautiful!
Donna Summerlin Torres
Very pretty
JinHi Soucy Rand
Beautiful! I was struck by another in my neighborhood today and snapped a pic myself!
Christina Smith
Love it!!!
Hallie Henry Allgood
That looks like my grandmother’s old house on 60th St.
Faustina Smith
Hallie, well it's MY house on Pine Valley. Built in the mid 1950's.
Danielle McFadden
That tree is gorgeous.
Yvonne Pizzo Roach
Truly awesome.
Penny Walker Bos
Majestic magnolia merits mention ...mmmmmmmahvelous!
Robin Johnson Maddox
Wonderful!
Jo Coleman-Williams
Absolutely beautiful!!
Faustina Smith
I am so happy that the folks who lived here originally planted this beauty.
I remember it always being here and we moved into the neighborhood in 1969, just before I started middle school at Myers.
Of course, it wasn't as large back then, but it's just gotten lovelier every year.
I like all the pink "Southern snow" it lays down!
Bill Cooper
Give it a hug for me.
Susan Morgan
Beautiful! I call them Japanese tulip.
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