I’ll Start With Raspberry Ice. And Then Some Dogwoods and Jacarandas.

I love trees. And I love Mary Poppins. Hence, my favorite tree is the weeping willow.

When I have a yard at some point in my life, I hope there will be a weeping willow in it. A little table will be underneath it and I will have cakes, tea and meatcake. You can come over. Bring penguins.

Hopefully it can also be used as a clubhouse of some kind; it’s branches make such a nice cove that was (and is) irresistible. You just have to walk into the cove.

photo credit: kittycat35121 on flickr

These are not my photos, because we still don’t have leaves. Just buds. I don’t want to talk about that. Please enjoy these nice Flickr photos in the meantime. Look how awesome the cove is under the weeping willow.>>>

photo credit: lele orpo on flickr

photo credit: manyfires on flickr

I also want a Japanese maple tree in the imaginary yard. It’s Justin’s favorite. We actually have one now, so we are well on our way. Coming in at 3rd place is the dogwood. I think it is a dogwood?? This one is in Atlanta where spring is already in full force. Clearly. I love the blossoms so much that they deserve a closeup.

photo credit: Dan Givens

photo credit: simply photo on flickr

photo credit: Sheila in Millstone on flickr

Can’t go wrong with cherry trees. This one is a Japanese cherry tree. Very fluffy. Very Dr. Seuss. I like it a lot. I will have several of these, please and thank you. I was going to stop there, but then I remembered the purple tree from the movie “What Dreams May Come.” Holy crap I want no less than 10 Jacarandas:

photo credit: theresa.brent on flickr

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4 Responses to I’ll Start With Raspberry Ice. And Then Some Dogwoods and Jacarandas.

amberwrites | April 1, 2009 at 11:01 PM | Reply

No doubt, Joe will be there, under your weeping willow tree, if there is meatcake.
Donna Boley | April 2, 2009 at 8:53 PM | Reply

I too LOVE trees! (and flowers – therefore flowering trees are the BEST) When my Mom and I went to Australia the jacarandas that lined the streets of Adelaide were awesome.
I was born in Atlanta and lived there when I was young and I can say the Spring dogwood trees are unforgettable.
My favorite poem:

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

— Joyce Kilmer
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Moranna | August 31, 2010 at 9:11 AM | Reply

Lovely pictures, particularly the Jacarandas. We have quite a lot of Jacarandas here in Spain. We bought a young one, but it hasn’t flowered yey, but is doing well – perhaps next year!