The Tree

So my second Flowering Dogwood tree unfortunately did not survive. The tree was out in the middle of the front yard, unable to withstand the exposure to sun, wind, and rain despite all my efforts. It should have never been planted, but I wanted a Flowering Dogwood so bad!

All is not lost, as the Kwanzaa Cherry is the Dogwood's replacement. I think in a way the lack of survival of both Dogwood's is rather symbolic for me right now. I am not discouraged and next spring I will be able to enjoy and take pictures of the new blossoms.

12 days until I start my film photography course. Again I am really looking forward to this class. I have been reading other peoples blogs about photography and I have found a lot of different resources in addition to some of the books about photography that I have been reading. I have really been drawn to they way other photographers portray their subjects and objects with composition and creative uses of depth of field. Now, I really need to dig in and start applying the things I have read about depth of field!

Flowering Dogwood

The Flowering Dogwood tree is one of my favorites. During May, the white petals are in bloom and are so pretty. I first discovered the trees a couple of years ago at Abraham Lincoln's Memorial Gardens. needed to take some pictures for a school project, and I choose to feature the Gardens. This moment was probably the first time I just went somewhere to go take pictures. Thus the reason I choose the name of the blog.

So after my tree discovery, I decided I wanted my very own Flowering Dogwood tree for my yard. To my discouragement it did not last because they are very particular trees. I have a new flowering dogwood tree and I hope this spring it will bloom.


Follow up:
The tree did not bloom and it did not make it. In it's place is a Kwanza Cherry tree. Not exactly a white flowering Dogwood~but it will suffice for now.