This lovely magnolia and the Japanese maple in our garden, which are my favorite trees, were a Fathers Day gift to me from the kids (some 35?) years ago. Though the blooms last hardly two weeks or so before wind blows them away, they are still not only a great sight to see but a lovely reminder of the gift of loving children a parent can have. Yes, Mr. Wordsworth, not only daffodils but many other things of nature do 'flash upon that inward eye, the bliss of solitude.'
