Flowering Trees – Polly Castor

Photos of our Weeping Cherry Tree 2020
By Polly Castor on May 1, 2020
Enjoy this gift that keeps on giving in this post, as it spews its spring pink blooms all over...
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Photos of Local Flowering Trees
By Polly Castor on May 1, 2019
Enjoy this burst of color, and pretend is is a May basket spirited onto your doorknob... the love is...
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How to Resurrect (New Easter Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on April 21, 2019
Resist hurt, Refuse to be defeated, Release blame, Assuage guilt...
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Photos of Spring Trees
By Polly Castor on May 9, 2018
In this post are some of the many spring trees I have been enjoying. I am so grateful to...
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Blossoms on other Spring Trees
By Polly Castor on May 23, 2015
Recently I posted this spring’s magnolia photos and ones of our weeping cherry. Here are the other spring tree...
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Photos of Our Weeping Cherry Tree
By Polly Castor on May 16, 2015
Here you can see the full trajectory of our tree from bright pink at the beginning, to almost white...
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Magnolia Photos 2015
By Polly Castor on May 8, 2015
The heady scent of magnolia has been permeating the air. Such a jubilation!
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
By Polly Castor on May 1, 2015
After a winter like ours, if is a great pleasure to be out walking amidst all this glorious color!
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Bottle Brush Bush
By Polly Castor on August 10, 2014
I learned the name of another new tree: the bottle brush bush. It is out our daughter’s new dining...
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Photos of Crepe Myrtles
By Polly Castor on July 7, 2014
One of my first impressions of Sacramento upon arriving was seeing these vivid crepe myrtles blooming everywhere. They are...
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Photos from a Gorgeous Day
By Polly Castor on May 12, 2014
The weather was spectacular. It felt like I was living inside a pointillist or Impressionistic painting, as the trees...
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Photos from Today’s Spring Walk
By Polly Castor on May 6, 2014
I loved the ever changing sky, the variety of flowers, the fiddleheads on the ferns, the lichen on the...
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You are doing so wonderfully at praising God with your talents.

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The Brussels sprouts were an exceptionally BIG hit here…. could you direct me to more literature on spiritual healing?

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