It was windy all day today, so it was hard to get a good close-up with a narrow range of focus, but this one turned out pretty well. I believe the tree is a flowering dogwood (Cornus florida rubra).
2015 edit. Yeaaah, I don't think this is a dogwood at all. I'm thinking it's in the apple and pear part of the rose family (Rosaceae).
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...
@cohare Aww, thanks for your generous comments, Christine! My main two subjects are *almost* left of the center line. Gah! But hey, Rome wasn’t built in a day and it’s hard for this old dog to learn new tricks (i.e., break old habits)!
@angelique Thanks! The background grayed out for me nicely adding to the softness (which I discovered yesterday with a better shot, actually, but I *had* to use the quad rugby players yesterday!)....
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