Excuse me..

But it's only May! Winter is ahead of us and you are away ahead of Spring - at least September! This is a blossom flower just popped out on a big tree in our garden!

[Yvonne]

So pretty. How fun to have something so beautiful just POP OUT!!! Enjoy its beauty.

[Roberta Clark Chalmers]

Nice capture. I like it against the dark background. It really pops.

[Mags]

Wow! It's beautiful, Maggiemae! I love those pinks - early or not! FAV!!! May I pin it, please?

[Cathy Donohoue]

Fav for me. My favorite sort of shot with the color pop on the black background. Way to go!!

[Maggiemae]

@marlboromaam Certainly, Mags, my pleasure - and thanks for your fav! It is really special to me!

[Mags]

@maggiemae Pinned. =)

[Terry]

very pretty

[Vee]

Beautiful, but I'm a little confused! I guess because we are almost done with Spring and into Summer...don't wanna think about winter right now!

[Maggiemae]

@vskolnik I'm on the other side of the world! Its you that is upside down, not us!

[Vee]

@maggiemae haha! I sure felt upside down when I read your photo description!

[Deb]

Absolutely beautiful! I love the colors and the black background! FAV

[Maggiemae]

@deburahiru Thank you Deb, in real life it is pretty small, so it takes the camera's eye to see thus!

[Terry R]

This is lovely Maggiemae. As you can probably tell from a lot of my photo's, I'm quite partial to lots of colour with dark backgrounds. This one is great. I've got a couple of things flowering now that shouldn't be either. Crazy!

[Terry H]

Maggie! This is an astounding picture! It's striking! Gotta fav it!

[Harry J Benson]

beautiful flower

[Sheila]

The dark background and the soft pink go really well together. Very strikingly beautiful

[Maggiemae]

@thendrix58 Thanks for the fav, Terry, it makes me feel good!

[Ramesh Chand]

good shot Maggiemae......very good.....

[tony gig]

Beautiful Maggie natures a wonderful thing

[Frida]

Eh you Southies get all the nice weather and we get all the wind.... Just nit fair is it! Lovely Lovely pick Maggie, Fav for me!

[Maggiemae]

@frida It's 1degC at the moment @frida ! This blossom is on a one way trip!

[Maggiemae]

@tonygig I agree, @tonygig - you only see things from a distance without a camera!

[David Pryde]

It is beautiful Maggie, delicate and fragile - funny how the unopened buds have more colour than the petals? What is with the lime green worm? I can't explain all this weird stuff so just enjoy its uniqueness.

[Maggiemae]

@doblaine I saw this "worm" too afterwards and took a second look! It is so tiny but I don't know what it is - will see what develops

[Caroline]

Lovely Maggiemae.

[Gerry]

beautiful flower Maggiemae. Gerry.

[Pat Knowles]

A fave maggiemae & I don't often fave flowers but I can't help myself here ...so beautiful !!

[Jim Reid]

Fantastic shot Maggiemae. Stands out from the dark background.

[Maggiemae]

@doblaine looked at this the next day and the buds had burst! This gren worm thing is the stigma! It was like it was poking it's tongue out!

[Maggiemae]

@happypat Thats terrific, Pat, thanks!

[Jim]

how pretty

[Ramona]

very pretty

[Myrna O'Hara]

Just lovely. Congrats on the PP. Great job.

[Maggiemae]

@sailingmusic Thank you for noticing! I am really very pleased that other people liked it as much as I did!

[Gita]

So fresh & blooming!! Looks fab against the black!

[Pat Knowles]

Congrats on the PP !!!

[Kathryn Marshall]

Very lovely! I am glad I saw this on the PP page.

[Grant Sams]

lovely capture