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Thursday, April 18, 2013

P Is For Pink




The Pink Magnolias are blooming everywhere I look this week!
They are such a beautiful spring time icon in my little village
and surrounding towns!  We called them tulip trees when I
was young.  The flowers really do look like tulips blooming
on a tree, don't they?

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51 comments:

  1. This is such a happy sight
    it tells me Spring has won the fight!
    And at the end of my tunnel
    I can see the light!

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    1. well, look at you...taking Pat's place
      and rhyming at his pace! hahaha

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    2. I'm no competition for Pat, but it's fun to try!

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    3. Beat me big time
      With your chime

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    4. But I'll never
      beat you at rhyme!

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  2. lovely! That is a tree I'd love to plant here sometime.

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    1. The center picture is in my front yard. It blooms twice, which is extra nice...once in april and again in june!

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    2. maybe someone will give you one for mother's day. :)

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    3. oh! hadn't thought of that! maybe some broad hints would help! lol

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  3. they are beautiful, they do look like tulips!

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    1. I think that is very cool...and makes them different from other spring blooming trees!

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  4. I love pink magnolias are beautiful!!

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    1. we have a lot of white ones around our village, too....but I really like the pink ones!

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    2. I would like to have a magnolia tree.!!

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  5. Glad to catch you 'in the pink' Betsy.
    Those Magnolia shots are nothing but superb - quite lovely.

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    1. I was glad to have my camera with me....I thought they were wonderful!

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  6. Those are so beautiful. We call them Tulip Trees too.

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    1. do you? I haven't heard anyone in years call them that...but I like it!

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  7. Love the magnolias. I haven't seen them around here yet. All we have are the spring storms!

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  8. Springtime in the South is what I miss ; cherry blossoms, magnolias, tulip trees, redbuds, azaleas, camellias all of which thrive in the warm early Spring. N.H. doesn't warm up til May.

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    1. we aren't much further south than you! May is almost here!

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  9. Well you do have shades of pink, and lovely shots too. Just finished cleaning up after Eat and Pray...think I'll hit the bed...have my written DMV test tomorrow morning...Been studying all week!

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    1. good luck! ...wow, I don't think we ever have to take the written part again. At least I hope not! hahaha.

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  10. They are beautiful, Betsy! We are getting more snow today so I a enjoying everyone else's flowers and blossoming trees.

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    1. thanks, alan! But I'm really liking your 'painting' of Amy!

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  12. Your photos really seem to capture the beauty.

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  13. I just love all the colors of Spring, especially Pink!
    My heart belongs of a little girl who just loves Pink.

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  14. Pink can't be far off for us either. There are daffodils everywhere!

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  15. Why do I live in Wisconsin? Seriously!

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  16. These photos are beautiful Betsy, such wonderful colours.

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  17. Such beautiful shades of pink. Pink is my second favorite color : ) I always called these tulip trees, too.

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    1. I really love pink, too...but I really love the very pale shade!

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  18. They are one of my favorites! I look forward to seeing you huge Magnolia in bloom every year! I have one in my front yard...but it is about the size of Sam! :)

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    1. It seems to be sparse this year...I'm hoping the rest opens up!

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    2. and yours will grow! ha. I wish I could transplant mine to a better location in our yard!

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  19. They are gorgeous, Betsy!! And, I love the arches of that building, too. Enjoy!! blessings ~ tanna

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    1. that is a home, actually...well, all three of them are. ha. mine is the lowly one in the middle. haha.

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  20. Pink is all around at your rink
    And in I slink
    A bit late
    But still here at any rate

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    1. you had me so worried
      I almost ate curry
      which would have been bad
      cuz I hate it just a tad.
      hahaha.

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  21. Beautiful, you are so far ahead of us, here daffodils are just about to bloom. It has ben a really cold spring so far. That pink bloom reminds me of the my old white house on the hill, I had a Japanese cherry tree right in front of my east bound windows.;)
    xoxo

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  22. Hi Betsy .. ours are coming out too - well the ones in Buckingham Palace as I bussed past yesterday! It's on its way .. but being in the pink properly with a little pink on the temperature gauge would be just lovely!

    Cheers Hilary

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