Tangle of spring

Just a week later, the first day of February—here’s the same Japanese magnolia tree load with blooms in a tangle of spring.
It’s about the same every year, we say, “it’s early this year!” Still, there are always magnolias around the first of February. I found a few azaleas peeking out in the driveway. But the real sure sign of an early season—Bob came in with a finger full of yellow pollen from our first-growth long-leaf pines. This is at least two or three weeks early.
I am off for Texas and the Story Circle Conference. I’ll go to a blogging panel. I’m planning to come home with many new ideas and resolutions. Not to mention more tangles of blossoms!