Delicate Dancers (The Future is Good)

These young Dogwood blossoms look so innocent to me as they delicately dance in the bright morning light. They are young and carefree and, as is appropriate, completely unaware of just what strong and bold mature blooms their destiny will soon lead them to be...

The Fortune of Presence

When I get up close and peer quietly into, what feels to me like, the heart and soul of the Dogwood tree, I truly have a hard time finding words to explain how special I find her tender and delicate beauty -- and also, I find it hard to explain how privileged I feel to be her witness.

Dogwood Blossoming

It's that time of year again -- when the Dogwood tree in my front yard starts blooming. It will have small buds ones day and then be bursting forth with blossoms the next.

The blossoms always appear to me to be yearning for sunlight and attention. I have no problem giving them attention since they are so front-and-center out of my bedroom window!

Spring mornings when I open my blinds and the Dogwood bloosoms greet me remind me of why I mustered through the dreary winter all those months...