Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Magnolia grandiflora


Magnolias are scenting the air. It'll be the jacarandas next. Wonderful.

18 comments:

Sara Sue said...

That picture makes me miss the southern United States ... how odd!

Atlas Cerise said...

Way over here

Winter is near

Which puts me in a mood, soured

When the snow flies

Then all my plants die

In turn leaving me deflowered.

Malach the Merciless said...

LOVE MAGNOLIAS!

Cissy Strutt said...

sara sue: They love it in Sydney - it suits them.

Atlas: Oh poor petal.

malach: Just for you ...

Mike said...

Just keep those summer-y type pictures coming. It's getting colder here by the second!

anaglyph said...

Down here, the thing I'm seeing everywhere is the wisteria! Such a new experience. Lots of magnolia of course, and now some jasmine, but the wisteria is so pretty, and reminds me of my mum. Maybe I'll plant a vine near my new studio...

Cissy Strutt said...

mike: It would be my pleasure. The flowering gums are coming on, and my beloved jacaranda is about to go mad. While I prefer the cooler months, I do love the flora in Spring.

anaglyph: I've been noticing wisteria, particularly in the east around Bondi. It is such a delicate colour & I love a graceful vine. It would be a lovely tribute to plant one.

FreeOscar said...

If I had a daughter I had wanted to name her Magnolia. CockMaster said it sounded like a stripper's name.

Cissy Strutt said...

cuntie: How does he feel about Charisma?

here today, gone tomorrow said...

Magnolia hits it stride where I live right at my birthday in July. I love the scent.

Funny to see it in bloom now somewhere else on the globe.

Forrest Proper said...

Ah, magnolias,
oh so pretty.
They make me want
to rhyme and ditty!

Alas, at the sight of
that lovely flower,
blood rushed from my head
to somewhere lower-

'Bout that magnolia
I've just one beef-
it looks like a subject
from Georgia O'Keefe...


ps- there's some more poemin' for you an' Joey over at my place.

AngryMan said...

I'll scent your air, if you're not careful.

Cissy Strutt said...

hereT: An extra birthday wish from me and the magnolias - think of it as a pleasant after-shock.

colonel: Any poem with Georgia O'Keefe in it is a good poem.

angry: Consider me careless.

Atlas Cerise said...

Show me your stamen and I'll pistol whip it.

Cissy Strutt said...

Atlas: I ask most stalkers to leaf me alone, but you are a different species altogether.

AngryMan said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

AngryGinger said...

Mmm...nothing about me here either.

Cissy Strutt said...

angrydad: oh, you're laughing now ...

ag; I have something special for you, but I needed to honour my dad first.