May 2: Magnolia

the right words

glimpse of a back yard

magnolia in bloom

May 3: Happy hour

Walking to the pub

with stops

for magnolias.

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April 26: Spring snow

Which is more fleeting--
magnolia petals or
late April snowfall?

St. Thomas seems surprised to see snow
falling on the blooming magnolia today

April 23: Funeral

After the funeral

we sip sweet tea.

She'd have loved that magnolia.

April 20: Magnolia

Walking to the pub

stopped in my tracks by perfume--

flowers overhead.

 

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April 20: Splashes of pink

This is the week when flowers began busting out all over. In the neighbor's yard, over the fence, I can just glimpse the top branches of her always-spectacular azalea, which went from tiny buds to full bloom in two days flat. By her front door, a pink magnolia's delicate blossoms on still-bare grey branches glow in the afternoon sun. In our own yard, a single, odd, rose-colored bulb of some kind (a hyacinth, maybe?) has suddenly opened its petals in an otherwise still barren patch of garden. Pink is such an alluring color in nature, and right now, so refreshing for the eye, these splashes of color transfusing into a slowly-awakening world.

These early petals--
alluring pink of lips, skin,
rosy newborn life.