89/365 - the dogwood wept a puddle

Boy did we have a rainy day today. I was working on my teacup series from yesterday, so I didn't go out to shoot until this afternoon, which meant I missed most of the rain, but oh well. I got a lovely puddle!

75/365 - Dogwood Muddle

I love this one... It's such a beautiful muddle of pretty, isn't it?

I'm foregoing Bonus Shot Friday today. There's just not enough time for me to go through my stuff and pick something out. If you have a shot you'd like to share in a comment here, please do - I'd enjoy seeing it!

Sixty-Eight - Dogwoods a-Comin'

The Legend of the Dogwood

There is a legend, that at the time of the Crucifixion the dogwood had been the size of the oak and other forest trees. So firm and strong was the tree that it was chosen as the timber of the cross. To be used thus for such a cruel purpose greatly distressed the tree, and Jesus, nailed upon it, sensed this, and in His gentle pity for all sorrow and suffering said to it: “Because of your regret and pity for My suffering, never again shall the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross. Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and twisted and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross. ..two long and two short petals. And in the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints, brown with rust and stained with red, and in the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns, and all who see it will remember.”