Spring seemed to take a long time to develop this year and when it did the trees seemed about ready to burst forth out of their Winter dormancy.  When April rolled around, I asked for suggestions on trees that were coming to bloom and received a suggestion about this tree at the Abbot Public Library.  At the first opportunity, I visited the library and found that I had missed the peak bloom with more than a few petals having fallen to the ground.  That being said, the light was incredible and, when the wind picked up just enough, the […]

I mentioned in Monday’s post that I had gone out on Saturday, April 20th to try to capture trees at peak bloom once the rain finally let up.  My first stop was Garnet Street which lies off Beach Street.  I had accidentally happened upon this street lined with magnolia trees when I took advantage of the first warm day to take my kids to Devereux beach.  Since then, I had been stopping here to check the status of the trees.

I had photographed the street on April 17th when the trees had been at peak bloom but wasn’t happy with […]