One of my favorite, favorite smells of all time is the delicate scent of linden blossoms. Yesterday when I was taking my daily lunchtime walk I noticed it – the lindens were finally out! This is a photo I took of the linden tree I was passing at the time. I remember reading once that [...]
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unter den linden
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Also tagged flowers, linden tree, perfume, scent
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mock orange
I took these photos in my parents’ garden several days ago. I think this is called a mock orange bush (but I may be wrong). It’s pretty, whatever it is. I appreciate pretty.
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renewal – purple maple
The purple maple outside my front room window is filling out with leaves. I appreciate the passage of time. Photo theme for April: Renewal
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renewal – tree flowers
In an earlier post I wrote about how much I love the misty yellow-green that begins to surround tree limbs in the spring. One thing I never noticed until I was an adult was that the first new green is often not leaves – it’s flowers. Maples and other trees that drop seeds or fruit [...]
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