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CaliforniaPeggy

(153,916 posts) Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:31 PM Apr 23

The Jacaranda tree that I see all the time from my study is starting to show that Spring is coming . . .

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The Jacaranda tree that I see all the time from my study is starting to show that Spring is coming . . . (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 OP

Nice photos, great compositions, Peggy. Diamond_Dog Apr 23 #1

Thanks so much for your generous comments, my dear Diamond_Dog! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #2

Beauty of life around us! NCgayguy Apr 23 #3

Thanks so much, my dear NCgayguy! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #4

Beautiful malaise Apr 23 #5

Thanks so much, my dear malaise! Very kind of you. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #11

Beautiful photographs. Thank you. LoisB Apr 23 #6

Thank You, my dear LoisB! I'm glad you enjoyed them. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #12

The fourth one has gone beyond photography into art. Permanut Apr 23 #7

Thanks so much for your acute vision, my dear Permanut! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #13

Lovely effects, Peggy! Easterncedar Apr 23 #8

Thanks so much, my dear Easterncedar! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #14

Jacarandas! calimary Apr 23 #9

I love your story, and thank you for posting it, my dear calimary! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #15

Yeah i noticed my Figarosmom Apr 23 #10

How lucky you are to have robins nesting in your Burberry, my dear Figarosmom! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 23 #16

You are welcome, CaliforniaPeggy Figarosmom Apr 24 #17

Diamond_Dog

(37,024 posts)

1. Nice photos, great compositions, Peggy.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:37 PM

Apr 23

The first one with the leaves backlit by the sun is especially nice!

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,916 posts)

2. Thanks so much for your generous comments, my dear Diamond_Dog!

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:46 PM

Apr 23

The tree is a bit tricky to capture; there are criss-crossing branches every which way! The sun did look good there.

NCgayguy

(81 posts)

3. Beauty of life around us!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:48 PM

Apr 23

I'm sure when the wind blows the branches are beckoning you to come outside! Thanks Peggy!

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,916 posts)

4. Thanks so much, my dear NCgayguy!

Reply to NCgayguy (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:53 PM

Apr 23

Ah, maybe the wind does speak to me! As does the sun.

This tree is the one I chose for the spot that it occupies. I have always enjoyed seeing it change through the seasons.

malaise

(284,301 posts)

5. Beautiful

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:55 PM

Apr 23

Rec 😀

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,916 posts)

11. Thanks so much, my dear malaise! Very kind of you. n/t

Reply to malaise (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:14 PM

Apr 23

LoisB

(10,503 posts)

6. Beautiful photographs. Thank you.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:35 PM

Apr 23

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,916 posts)

12. Thank You, my dear LoisB! I'm glad you enjoyed them.

Reply to LoisB (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:15 PM

Apr 23

Permanut

(7,097 posts)

7. The fourth one has gone beyond photography into art.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:10 PM

Apr 23

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,916 posts)

13. Thanks so much for your acute vision, my dear Permanut!

Reply to Permanut (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:17 PM

Apr 23

I did wonder if anyone would notice. I had the same feeling as you; but I couldn't express it as well as you did. Thank You!

Easterncedar

(4,397 posts)

8. Lovely effects, Peggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:51 PM

Apr 23

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,916 posts)

14. Thanks so much, my dear Easterncedar!

Reply to Easterncedar (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:19 PM

Apr 23

That was my goal.

calimary

(86,347 posts)

9. Jacarandas!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:59 PM

Apr 23

There were quite a few near where we used to live in SoCal. One in the backyard right next door, that was so big that its branches hung over the fence above our backyard, and when those blossoms dropped, WE TOO had one of those glorious purple "carpets" on the ground from the "shedding" from that jacaranda tree. It had been planted by the original owners to celebrate the birth of their daughter, who was a teenager by the time my family moved in next door to them. I was 9 at the time.

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,916 posts)

15. I love your story, and thank you for posting it, my dear calimary!

Reply to calimary (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:21 PM

Apr 23

That was a while ago. Our tree was planted on the day we moved in, in 2001. It was just a twig. There are 2 driveways, one on each side, and the tree spreads over both. It's glorious!

Figarosmom

(5,719 posts)

10. Yeah i noticed my

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:01 PM

Apr 23

Burberry is starting to leaf. Soon the birds will be nesting in it. Always have robins nesting in it.

Nice pictures, especially the details

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,916 posts)

16. How lucky you are to have robins nesting in your Burberry, my dear Figarosmom!

Reply to Figarosmom (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:24 PM

Apr 23

The squirrels run up and down in my tree.

I'm glad you enjoyed the details. Thank you for your lovely remarks.

Figarosmom

(5,719 posts)

17. You are welcome, CaliforniaPeggy

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #16)

Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:04 AM

Apr 24

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