3 thoughts on “Dogwood Season!”

1. felix culpa April 6, 2008 at 2:39 pm

   Wonderful! Thanks. My faves.
   I and my folks moved to a suburb south of Alexandria (VA) in ’51 when I was 8; the road to civilization was the George Washington Parkway, a WPA 4-lane running to Mt. Vernon. Thick with big trees, and rife with dogwoods and azaleas; plus my dad was a Johnny Appleseed of same, planted slews of them at the new church in McLean, and tried to do the same in his retirement community until forestalled.
   There were 2 or 3 dogwoods that had both white and pink boughs of blossoms which remain with me as archetypal ideals.
   Also I went to a boarding school in Florida N. of Orlando, on the grounds of a 20’s steel magnate’s estate. Azaleas and poinsettias 12 feet high lined all the roads. Whatta way to go.
   So thanks.
2. cleek April 6, 2008 at 10:20 pm

   there are still lots of dogwoods and wild azaleas in NC, though i fear they’ll all be replaced by subdivisions, soon. can’t say i’m not responsible a little bit, though ; the land my house is on wasn’t always planted in single-family units.

   the trees in these pics are next to a little stream in a small gully between two subdivisions: one almost finished and one just started. they’ll be lucky to survive in a little 20′ easement around their stream: unless the town decides to pave them over for greenway access that is.
3. felix culpa April 7, 2008 at 1:15 pm

   Wow, arrgh, and yeah, don’t have to go deep into the memory banks to call up the image.
   Still there’s a wonderful greenness to lot of N VA. But the forests I’ve seen disappear. Heard some awful stories of local despoliation..
   It’ll be happening more slowly for the time being anyway.

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