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Dogwood Blooms Covering Spring in Auburn :: Photos

Scott Fillmer — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:18:39 +0000

Dogwoods are finally blooming over at our house, must mean we have about 2 days left of Spring before the brutal summer heat shows up. Either way the Dogwood blooms this year have been incredible all over Auburn and the surrounding area. I took these particular shots this morning while there was still a little fog hanging around, which made for some nice soft colors.

Hope everyone is enjoying the Spring colors (at least if you are down in the south where it’s been warm). Even though every single year our Dogwood blooms right around this time the beauty always amazes me, kind of like watching a sunrise that only comes up once a year, at the end of March.

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Dogwood Tree in Ice Storm

Tumble — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:42:21 +0000

Everything in Auburn is frozen and covered in ice but I think this was just so everyone could take the day off for the BCS game in Glendale. Only a few hours left before Auburn and Oregon go at it.

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Photos of Spring Wildflowers and Dogwood Blooms

Scott Fillmer — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:03:00 +0000

The flowers around town tell us it is Springtime but for the last week or so it has been nothing but cold and rainy so last night before it got dark I did another photo walk-through in the back yard (see part 1 Backyard Dose of Spring Flowers // Photos). There were plenty of wild flowers blooming and the Dogwood trees are still in full bloom down here. I always think that if a photo needs an explanation it isn’t very good, but… the one with the sun in the middle was a spider web wrapped around a branch and the last photo is the very center of a Dogwood bloom.

If you walk around outside long enough you can always find something of beauty, even if it is actually in the eye of the beholder.

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Closeup Photos of Dogwood Blooms in Spring

Scott Fillmer — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:19:10 +0000

I didn’t really think about it like that until this year, but life seems so fragile sometimes, even if we live out the average life span for this country, we will only see, or recognize, this time comes around 50-80 times on average, if we are lucky. I think the first 5-10 Spring season changes don’t really count since we can’t comprehend what we are looking at, but I have already experienced 37 Spring’s in my life, so as the flowers bloom and leaves start to fill the trees again, I am keenly aware I have about 35 down and 35 to go, so to speak.

I am amazed at God’s symphony that we call Spring. Almost so slowly we don’t notice, the buds on the trees come out and things go from brown to green in a blink of an eye. Last week in what I hope is winter’s last hurrah, I shot some photos of the Dogwood blooms on a tree in front of our house. It survived the snow, the ice, the cold, to bring us the images below. Of course down here in the south, no Spring is complete without the bloom of the yellow pollen from the pines. I took the other shot a few days ago just before all the pods started to release gallons of yellow pollen that now covers every square inch of everything.

These photos are of the Dogwood in bloom just outside out living room window. Just the smallest blooms, waiting for a warmer day to arrive. The closeup of the pine tree below covers us in a bath of yellow pollen for several weeks, but it is still a beautiful sight when you know warmer weather is on its way.