My office window looks south over the lawn toward the road. The house sits higher than the road, and there’s a raised area and then a gentle slope down the lawn. In that raised area we’ve planted a forsythia bush and a star magnolia.
For some reason, they have been slow to bloom this spring, despite the fact that we had a reasonably gentle winter. But today…..they are both starting to show their glory! I plan to take my trusty disposable camera out to record some of that beauty, so perhaps I’ll be able to share it with you before Spring is over.

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