911. that magnolia flower



shouts out loud
that magnolia flower—
“Spring! Spring! Spring!”
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big enough
that magnolia flower
to eat for dinner!




Like a guardian at the gate to the Ambler Arboretum, it stopped me in my tracks. It wouldn’t let me pass by until I stopped for inspection! It was a hybrid magnolia flower, I’m guessing about 8 or 10 inches around, nearly as large as a sunflower!