Spring awakening

A small tree on campus has lots and lots of these buds that are starting to open (in the 40°F temperatures we've been having). I hope to show the inside of one of these tomorrow...

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Cornus_florida&rank=binomial

Update: http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-26
And geez, what a terrible crop/edit *this* image was!

[Victoria Roberts]

Lovely shot Thom, very simple but effective. Beautiful xx

[Jen Dee]

Beautiful photo, the focus is great. Can't wait to see it bloom.

[Rick Schies]

It's looking good, a sure sign of Spring. Nice focus.

[Michelle]

Stunning shot Thom, simple and yet so effective.

[Sheralee S]

Lovely shot Thom! Nice composition.

[Wendy]

Great shot! Love the focus and nice composition too!

[Thom Mitchell]

@tori3012 @jendee3 @digitalrn @michelleyoung @bella_ss @exposure4u Thank you, everyone! You make it worthwhile to persist in the damp-and-cold! This is definitely "community" and I thank you for your encouragement!