My recent request to friends for photos and statements about favorite trees brought this wonderfully welcome response from Barbara Hubschman Gold. Her comments are in italics below. I drew a smoke bush at a young age and since wasn’t sure whether it was real or a product of childhood imagination. It was enchanting and dearlyContinue reading “Focus on Smoke Bushes”
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Captivated by a Silk Tree in Arnold Arboretum
Entering the Arnold Arboretum in early July, I was prepared to focus on all the greenness after months of successive blooming phases: i.e., Forsythia to Lilac to Dogwood. Then surprising sprays of ivory and rosy lavenders drew me toward a distant tree I didn’t recognize. Through one small metal label on the trunk, a plantContinue reading “Captivated by a Silk Tree in Arnold Arboretum”
Yellow Blooms in Early April
After our aunt Ruth Stein died in 2011, our cousin Ann Monahan reliably sent us lively messages of remembrance on Ruth’s birthday, April 9. She often introduced her cheers for Ruth with the yellow blooms of early April.
Ann’s death on April 7 this year cut short such special poetic reminders to us and countless others in her life. The striking loss led me to gather images of yellow blossoms, in honor of Ann’s great array of ways to supportively connect people.
Pleasures of Plants 