Monday, March 5, 2012

Orange Blossom Time!

11 comments:

Lin said...

Do they have a scent? I'll bet it is nice to see flowers again. I miss them.

Shelly said...

Really beautiful. A sure sign that spring/ summer is here!

vanilla said...

Lin, the entire area is permeated with the most wonderful perfume! Here's where we need telesmell or e-aroma.

Shelly, citrus blossom time in the Valley is truly special.

Vee said...

Beautiful! This picture needs to be framed and hung somewhere.

vanilla said...

Vee, busy bee + beautiful blossoms = great picture. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of orange blossoms in Fla.

A beautiful aroma indeed

I needs be in Fla

But I must find the seed.

vanilla said...

Anonymous, I was in Central Florida last year at orange blossom time. Sweet scent saturated everything! (Does here, too.)

John Cowart said...

In the wee small hours of one night 40 years ago, I drove an 18-Wheeler across Florida. Near Arcadia, I encountered mile after mile after mile of orange groves in full bloom. The haunting aroma filled the moonlight night. Being the only driver on the road, I turned off my headlights and drove in beauty through that memorable night.

Will Heaven be any different?

Thanks for the reminder.

John

vanilla said...

John, it certainly is a heavenly aroma. One could easily put that into the package that contains our imaginings of what heaven is like!

Sharkbytes said...

Interesting. I don't know southern plants. Very pretty.

vanilla said...

Shark, the citrus tree is very attractive. Broad-leaf "evergreen" 12-20 feet. Pretty blossom (picture) lovely aroma. The strangest thing to me is that one will see mature fruit and new leaf-growth and blossoms on the same tree!