Mastodawn

Spring erupting from Winter’s darkened earth

Near Glade Arch, a bank of drooping white belled Snowflakes with Daffodils in the chorus

2) at Cleopatra’s Needle the Magnolia trees were going full tilt, a profusion of pink and purple

3) the blooms have a translucent beauty when photographed against the April sky

4) The blooms can be enjoyed equally by looking at the stigma in the heart of the flower

5) On the shady side of the tree there are blooms to come