Before I became a Curmudgeonly Hermit, I loved to travel. Easter in Nashville, 1977. #travel #traveling #vacation #vacations #holiday #holidays #hermit #hermitting #curmudgeon #curmudgeonly #tulip #tulips #easter #springequinox #equinox #springtime #changeofseasons #beauty #beautyofnature #nature #naturalbeauty #naturesbeauty #flowering #floweringtree #floweringtrees #redbud #redbudtrees #redbuds #friend #friends #friendship #visiting #scarritcollege #scarritcollegeforchristianworkers

Afternoon sun shining through the branches of a Dwarf Pink Trumpet tree, next to Lake Baldwin. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. December, 2025. Fujifilm X100VI. #laarboretum #floweringtree #landscape #nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography

Afternoon sun shining through the branches of a Dwarf Pink Trumpet tree, next to Lake Baldwin. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. December, 2025. Fujifilm X100VI. #laarboretum #floweringtree #landscape #nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography

The peace of a quiet garden . . .

#garden #arlingtongarden #gardenbench #floweringtree #crapemyrtle #trees #blueskies #clouds #gardenpath #bench #southerncalifornia

A young flowering Crape Myrtle tree for #thintrunktuesday . . .

#floweringtree #blossoms #crapemyrtle #bloomscrolling #southerncalifornia

June magic . . a flowering Jacaranda tree

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Flowering yellow magic . . .

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Spectacular yellow blooms on a gorgeous flowering tree . . .

About the Gold Medallion Tree (Cassia leptophylla)
https://pacifichorticulture.org/articles/gold-medallion-tree/

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European Starling in the Dogwood, earlier this spring. #starling #starlings #european #europeanstarling #europeanstarlings #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #nature #beautyofnature #avian #avians #outdoors #outofdoors #outside #tree #trees #ornamentaltree #ornamentaltrees #floweringtree #floweringtrees #spring #growingseason #fecund #growingseasons #summer #sunrise #sunlight #pink #pinkbud #pinkbuds

June bloom . . . Crape Myrtle blossom . . .

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