Parul of Happiness and Food hosts a #ThursdayTreeLove meme every second and fourth Thursday of the month. It's hard to keep track of the days in these times but the calendar says it's time to post.
Some of the trees posted are from those who live in climes hotter than my clime of the Northeast United States, and I admire trees that would never be able to survive where I live.
But we have our trees of beauty, too. Today I am featuring a plant that really isn't a tree, but it is blooming this week where I live. Actually, make it "was blooming", our hot temperatures this week have put a premature end to a lot of the blooms.
This is one of my three lilacs. I wish there was a smell-o-blog feature where you could smell these flowers. So wonderful.
Have you ever seen a lilac up close? Here's a peek.
There are hundreds of varieties. Their scent brings back memories of my mother (more on that later this week.)
Their fragrance was so wonderful while it lasted. May has sped by. Couldn't it have stopped for a few more minutes?
Love a tree today!
Won't you join us with your tree this week?
I love lilacs
ReplyDeleteThere were some wild lilacs blooming this weekend in a vacant lot along the roadway. Just gorgeous but I have never had anyluck with them.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully captured:)
ReplyDeleteLilacs! I miss the bush we had on our farm back in the 50s. It was huge then, and grew up to windows on the 2nd floor, under my window. The fragrance was intoxicating.
ReplyDeleteNow I live in a desert-climate climate off the I-15 here in Calif. We planted one that can survive our climate (from the Mediterranean). Not lucious like yours, but I'll take anything I can get!
Very pretty. I don't know if I've ever seen one in real life.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I have photos of lilac from some travels, but didn't know what they were. I do now. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteI have a small lilac, but it very seldom blooms. I was told our winters here in Mississippi are not cold enough for it, and the summers are too hot. For blooming trees here most people plant crape myrtles that blooms in the summer. And of course, we have southern magnolia trees blooming right now!
Have a wonderful weekend!
No, not seen these lilacs! Thanks for this introduction! :-) And agree with you about the smell-o-blog feature!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful :)
ReplyDeleteSmell-o-blog would be awesome indeed!
What a lovely one, Alana. All our part of worlds are so different and then the trees highlight that part.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing and joining. See you tomorrow.
I like the soft, beautiful colors and the natural shapes.
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