As we drove through Virginia, the redbud trees were barely in evidence. Other harbingers of Spring were not so reticent.
Photo Memory of the Week
Cloud of the Week
Reflection of the Week
Leaving leaves aside, this might be the best in-a-car-windshield-&-hood reflection that I've seen. The bright part in the hood caught my attention, for obvious reasons, but there are other reflections filling the space available.
Place: Ottawa
Posted: 2026 Jul 04
It’s the magnolias that I love — see any of those in bloom? One spring J&I went looking for spring about this time of year. We drove straight down to Savannah, GA before we saw them in bloom. After a few days we drove north until we saw them in new bloom, stayed…repeating the fully-loaded tree sighting all the way north.
After a month we returned to Canada where the buds were still not out! Suspect it will be different now with Climate Change moving everything up 2 weeks. 😀
Barbara – We did not see any magnolias in bloom, although we saw some tulip trees/bushes, which are very like the magnolia the squirrel deflowers, literally, in my backyard. Your chasing-Spring trip sounds wonderful.
The redbud trees are among the first to bloom, as I recall. These flowering crabs are delicious!
Laurna – The crabs were some consolation for the absence of the redbud this year. I guess they’re usually mid-to-late April in those parts, so we were a bit early. And the early trees got bit by a late frost. I’m working now on a next-year plan. 🙂