…and it’s time for a change.
Having reached my limit on blogger (I am currently at 94% capacity), it was time to find a new home. Here it is! What do you think? I am still keeping my blogger account active – being almost 2 years old, there is a lot of history I’m not willing to throw away. I enjoy visiting old posts and seeing where I was 6 months ago, a year, or even two.
Readers who have been with me since last spring will recall one of my favorites places to photograph – the pond at Madison Park. After four days of rain, the sun made a rare appearance . The gentle showers combined with warm temperatures to make flowers POP! One of the earliest spring blossoms is that of the dogwood tree. The tiny buds have unfurled their delicate snow-white petals to reveal a center cluster of green.
There is a Christian legend of unknown origin that proclaims that the cross used to crucify Jesus was constructed of dogwood. As the story goes, during the time of Jesus, the dogwood was larger and stronger than it is today and was the largest tree in the area of Jerusalem. After his crucifixion, Jesus changed the plant to its current form: he shortened it and twisted its branches to assure an end to its use for the construction of crosses. He also transformed its inflorescence into a representation of the crucifixion itself, with the four white bracts cross-shaped, which represent the four corners of the cross, each bearing a rusty indentation as of a nail and the red stamens of the flower, represents Jesus’ crown of thorns, and the clustered red fruit represent his blood.
I took several photos of the dogwood in front of our office building today. It was difficult narrowing my selection to only a few. Click each photo to view in larger format. Enjoy!
Kate said,
March 31, 2009 at 2:03 am
So far, I like it. It’s simple with touches of elegance. I like this color of slate blue with the black as well.
And your dogwoods are luscious. I’ve been wondering what happened to you! So this is what you’ve been up to.
Mental P Mama said,
March 31, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Beautiful! I like the new place!
Starwoodgal said,
March 31, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Hey Mizz Debra! Missed you!
I’m a WordPress Blogger too. I’m thinking about buying my own URL and running wordpress on the server.
The flower photos are lovely.
Happy Spring.
Judy said,
March 31, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Great shots Debra. I’ve missed reading your blog and am glad you are back online. Saturday night I learned the story of the Dogwood tree so it was interesting to read your story too.
Jamie Payne said,
April 1, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I’ve missed you mom! Okay, so I haven’t “really” missed you since I talk to you every day and have you over for dinner almost every night:) But I’ve missed you in the blogging community so I’m very happy you’re back. Now get some pictures of my kids posted!
Deb said,
April 1, 2009 at 3:31 pm
So glad you’re back…you have been missed!
sprucehillfarm said,
April 2, 2009 at 1:59 am
They are all so pretty! I had to click on all of them. My favorite is the one at the far bottom right hand side. Can’t wait to come back!
Donna S. said,
April 5, 2009 at 1:00 am
I’ve been wondering where you were!! LOL.
scrappysue said,
April 11, 2009 at 8:10 am
nice! so, do you like your new home?