“The jacaranda in the courtyard has put on its bloom. This purple can’t be ignored, it’s like a tree singing. The walk down Londres Street to the market is a concert: the small jacaranda on the the corner hums the tuning note, then all others in the lane join in.”
~Barbara Kingsolver
Showing Off
In Full Bloom
At Rest
Old and New
Jacaranda Panicles
Shadows and Blooms
Look Up
Gone But Not Forgotten
Oh, the colors of nature are so extraordinary and this purple color is not exception! Great Images Jane!
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I apologize – I didn’t realize how far behind I was until I saw this! The post oozes with lavender love. 🙂 Really well done. Beautiful contrast between flowers & foliage in the first photo. #3, with the fallen blossom in the yucca, is utterly fabulous! Oh, those colors! The 4th one – “old and New” has a polka-dotted feeling that’s graphically stunning. You have everything is a perfectly flat plane, which often doesn’t happen in photos like that one. The pendulous panicles make me think of Niki de Saint Phalle. Right? 🙂 I like the juxtaposition of looking up and looking down, one after the other. Excellent, Jane, that’s the way to take advantage of LA streets!!
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Wowwwwww….its amazing
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Thanks so much, GH. 🙂
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These pictures left me speechless. How beautiful! 💜
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Thanks very much, Jryb. Glad you enjoyed these. 💜
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Utterly beautiful, Jane. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one in bloom. (or ever?) That has to be the loveliest shade of purple ever. And words from a favorite author. Pure joy!
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Thanks, Gunta. You’ll have to venture to warmer climes to see one in person. They really are spectacular. Glad you enjoyed the Kingsolver pairing, too. 🙂 💜
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Warmer climes and I don’t get along well, so I’ll just enjoy your wonderful images! Thank you for that! 🙏
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I especially like “Looking Up” with it’s soft shades of blues and purple. My Safeway parking lot, of all places, is transformed by blooming Jacaranda
S this time of year.
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Thanks, Susan. See? The Jacarandas make every place better. 😄💜
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A whole lot of purple. 🙂
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It sure is, David! 🙂 💜🙂
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My eyes lenses are coated into purple now 😍 thanks to your beautiful captures
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Ha! Thanks, Harpiy. Glad you enjoyed these. 🙂 💜
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Jacaranda trees are very lovely – but man are they messy 😦 There was one outside our apartment building when we lived in LA, and the blooms just tracked everywhere. So I started being the good neighbor and sweeping up the sidewalks for everyone. But then it riled up the bees and wasps and I got quite a few stings for my effort! No good deed goes unpunished hahaha! But still – I can’t argue how lovely they are.
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Hi MB, Ha! Good story! Yes, there’s an undercurrent of dismay with the Jacarandas…their magnificence leads to clean ups. (I love photographing the blooms on the ground.) Thanks for enjoying this and sharing your story. 💜🙂
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Yes blooms on the ground make just as lovely photos as blooms on the tree!
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great shots as always. Purple in nature adds so much to everything!
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Thanks, Andy. I agree that purple adds that special punch. Glad you enjoyed these!
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I appreciate your choice and devotion towards Nature.
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Thank you very much, Hassan. 🙂
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Incredible trees, I saw them in the Pantanal, You have done them proud
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Thanks, Paula. I’m glad you’ve seen them in person. 🙂💜
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Wonderful, Jane, there were a lot of these in Kenya – a country of really vibrant colours – and your photos really remind me of them. 🙂
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Thank you, Adrian. Glad these brought back fond memories of Kenya. 🙂
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The whole tree is all blooms! Beautiful.
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Yes, YC! It’s really a showstopper. Glad you like these– thanks!
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Wow! That’s a wonderful purple, lovely. And the quotation is great, because I’ve never seen one, and if it was a pop quiz, I’d have guessed “jacaranda” was some kind of dance. I’ve heard a lot of versions of a big band classic, “Deep Purple,” in that song, that’s twilight, but the lyrics work for this tree, “When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls…”
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Hi Robert, Your response just makes me smile and I couldn’t agree more about the name. The line in the song is perfect! Thanks so much and I’m happy to introduce you to this marvelous tree. 🙂
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I love Jacaranda trees so much! We can’t grow them here in the UK but when I go to Lisbon I love to do so when they are in bloom all over the city. And in Santiago (Chile) we saw them in the parks and city squares – so beautiful 🙂 And your photos really do them justice – I especially like the last two, looking up and then down on the ground. Such glorious shades!
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Thanks, Sarah. So glad you know them well. They are spectacular in warm climate cities. I love the trees in full bloom and those blooms on the ground always captivate me. 💜
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Oh stunning! I love jacaranda trees and that Barbara Kingsolver quote is perfect. Always they will remind me of living in San Miguel de Allende and their blooming just in the last couple of weeks before we were due to leave painting the town purple.
Alison
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Hi Alison, Oh, I bet that was beautiful in San Miguel de Allende! I love walking the streets that are lined with Jacarandas. Glad these brought back good memories along with the quote. Thanks so much. 💜
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so very beautiful
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Pleased you enjoyed these, Mary. Thank you!
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One of my favorite trees, Jane. I only ever saw them in San Diego and they remind me of my mom and grandma each time I see the purple blooms. Gorgeous photography!
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Aw, how lovely, Terri. It’s heartwarming when certain thing conjure up loved ones. They are all over LA. Thanks so much! 💜
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That is a lot of bloom. Nice.
🟣🟪🟣🟪💜🟪🟣🟪🟣
✨🙏🕉🌱🌿🌳🌻💚🕊☯🐉✨
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Thanks, Graham. They were spectacular this year. 💜💜💜😄
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How I love Jacarandas, Jane! Thanks for sharing this beautiful post!
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Thanks, Marcus. Me, too! Happy you enjoyed this homage.
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So pretty! A sky of purple 🙂
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Exactly, Len! Thanks so much. 🙂
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An elegant introduction to this beauty, Jane! I particularly like the simplicity of “At Rest;” after seeing the this new to me tree in full bloom, then seeing the single blossom — just lovely. Both images with the ground shadows tell great stories, too.
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Thanks very much, Ellen. Nice to read your reaction to these and I’m happy to introduce you to this incredible tree. “At Rest” is a fave- I felt like that little bloom was just waiting for me. 💜
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Wow, excellent ‘portrait’.., Jane! That last shot is fantastic and very strong. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Harrie. Glad you like this homage and that last shot especially. I was pleased with the color contrasts. 🙂
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What a beautiful tribute to the jacarandas. Wish we had them here.
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Thanks, Janie. You’ll have to come in springtime to enjoy. 💜
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OMG ,,,, I’ve never seen this wonderful tree with glorious blooms. Thanks for introducing me. The first and third images are my favorites. Hope all is well with you.
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Hi Frank, Then my job is complete! Happy to introduce you to this magnificent tree. A non-stop photo opp! Thanks very much.
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Soooo beautiful!!❤☀️
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Thanks so much, Shivangi. 🙂 ☀️
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Oh, marvellous, look at that colour!
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They’re surprising to see in their full glory, Sue. Thanks so much! 🙂
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Trees singing!
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Yes! 🎶💜
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Woohoo!
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An awesome tree, the color of the flowers is magnificant.
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Glad you like this homage, Rudi. It’s a spectacular tree. 🙂
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The purples are shining so beautifully…they are an awesome creation of nature!!
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Thanks, Saloni. It’s such a rich and beautiful color and yes, awesome! 🙂
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Waaaoo these are so beautiful……. I ‘ill make sure to put these photos as my wallpaper I really loved it 😍❣️❣️
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Thanks very much, Ankita. Think of me when you look at your wallpaper. Glad you enjoyed them. 💜
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Such glory! And so hard to capture, Jane. Have a wonderful Sunday 🤗💕
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Thanks, Jo. I’ve been photographing them on my daily walks. Hard to resist. 💜
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Very nice gallery photos. Where do these trees grow?
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Thanks very much, Rea. These are in Pasadena and they are all over Southern California. They are sub-tropical trees so they do very well here-it’s almost 100 today!
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We want to have a mini-vacation to the ocean, maybe I’ll see some depending on where we go.
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Keep your eyes peeled! 🙂 💜
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Loved and read all of Barbara Kingsolver a long time ago…she could paint a picture with words…and this brought back so many memories of our 18 winters in Tucson, Az…had the most magnificent jacaranda next to our bedroom window…stunning!! And purple being one of my most favorite colors in ‘blooming things’, I was mesmerized by its beauty! Had never seen nor heard of this gorgeous tree before moving out there…just made me so happy looking out my window and seeing that purple! Called it “My Happy Tree”…it spoke to me! always put a smile on my face….sorry we can’t grow those here in NJ…Your photos were gorgeous and allowed the beauty of the jacaranda to really shine…simply beautiful…your ‘artistic eye’ never fails to capture the essence/beauty…Luvya Barbie
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Thanks so much, Barbie. Pleased these brought back good memories of your Happy Tree and days in AZ. 💜💜💜
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Purple is the colour that was just made for flowers! So pleasing! Beautifully captured! It is lovely to see the purple version of bell flowers, they are my favourite!
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So glad you enjoyed these, Garima. I agree, purple is very pleasing. Thanks very much.
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing–can’t grow them here but I think they are so gorgeous . . .
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Thanks, Kristine. They love the heat, I presume. Happy you enjoyed this purple immersion. 💜
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Can feel the melody ! 💜
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Ooh, thanks, Yvette! 💜🎶
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Jacaranda trees are the most gorgeous trees, and you have captured in all their beauty, Jane.
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Thanks so much, Cornelia. They’ve been stunning this year, haven’t they? 💜
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Oh absolutely , and they still are.
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What a delight – thanks, Jane! (I’ve only read Barbara Kingsolver’s memoir “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” and the quote you used here reminded me to look up more of her writing – thanks for that, too!)
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Glad you enjoyed, Adam. Thanks! Yes, I need to revisit, as well.
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What gorgeous photos! Even the jacaranda’s name is beautiful.
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Thanks, Lex! It is! We say it a lot around here. 😄💜
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Beautiful poetry
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Thanks so much, Angel. 🙂
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Simply mesmerising! These pictures are so sublime and beautiful!
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Thanks so much, Arnav! 🙂
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Incredible!💜 I love that phrase “like a tree singing”!
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Thanks, Birder’s J. I loved that phrase, too. Quite apt for the Jacaranda. 💜
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Jacarandas are amazing trees in blossom and this one looks very healthy. A photographers delight. It is in your neighbourhood?
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Thanks, Amanda. Yes, these glorious trees are in Pasadena and the surrounding areas in LA. They thin out when the heat comes but there are still some holding on. They are all over Australia, aren’t they?
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Yep, mainly in the northern areas
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So mind blowing flower garden and the nice explanation lines also 👌🌹🙏♥️
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Thank you very much, Thattamma. Glad you enjoyed the photos and quote. 💜
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Yes👌True 🌷🙏 so welcome dear 👍🏻😊🌹
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Gorgeousness! I love them too.
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Thanks, Cindy! What’s not to love? 💜
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That’s one flowerful tree you’ve got here.
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It sure is, Steve. They are quite spectacular. 🙂
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Thanks Jane for sharing your wonderful series of Jacaranda flowers, they are new flowers for me to see. I like both the shadows of trees shots with flowers spread on the ground – very attractive to me.
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Thanks very much, Stephen, and I’m happy to introduce you to these stunning trees. Some people complain how much work the dropping blooms are, but I love to see the all the purple blanketing the ground. Glad you enjoyed- you’d have fun with your lens.
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I wish I could share my video with you that I took from around the corner of my daughter’s house. There are blocks around her area that have jacaranda and it’s so pretty in the spring, except for the shedding, of course. But it’s so beautiful, and purple is my daughter’s favorite color, so she really loves to walk around and see those trees. I can try and email it to you. These are beautiful what you’ve shared. Nice and close up.
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Thanks so much, Mamamote. They really are stunning. Where does your daughter live? Appreciate your visit here!
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Such a gorgeous tree in bloom– a real showstopper!
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It truly is, Eliza. And double the pleasure walking down streets that are lined with Jacarandas. Glad you enjoyed, thanks! 💜
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Wow! I’m reeling from the glory of these. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these in real life (although when the blossoms are on the ground, they look quite a lot like the flowers from some of our bushes) but I certainly would like to now. I like the quote as well. You just made my Saturday immeasurably more beautiful.
janet
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Hi Janet, I’m happy to show them to you! Pleased you enjoyed this purple immersion. Thanks so much. 💜
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So many beautiful flowers, Jane! Wow. ❤️
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Thanks, John. They are really showstoppers. Glad you enjoyed! 💜
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Completely new to me! Thanks (and WOW!)
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Thanks, Bob. Yeah, we don’t have these in New Jersey! 🙂
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Gorgeous!
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Thanks so much, D&B. Glad you enjoyed these. 🙂
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You did that beautiful tree justice!
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Thanks, Sharon! They are irresistible when we are walking around Pasadena. 💜
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i thought i had one of these turned out to be a purple hibiscus lol i was a lil disappointed cuz jacarandas are the coolest! thnx for the pics
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Hi Al, Well, at least you got the purple.:) Glad you enjoyed these- they are amazing in bloom especially when a street is lined with them. Thanks so much for stopping by.
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Beautiful purples and mauve hues Jane fitting with the words of Barbara Kingsolver also beautiful…sending you joy 💜💫☺️
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Nice and AtRest is my favorite.
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Thank you, Bruce. That’s a favorite, just waiting there for me. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Hedy. It’s quite something when they are in full bloom around the city. Glad you enjoyed these along with the quote. 💜😊
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