Magnolia Fever

While I was off in Alberta, the Magnolia blossomed. Here I wait all year for this fantastic display and then it happens when I’m gone. Like the Singing Frog on the old Bugs Bunny Show. I came back on time to enjoy it for a few days before a heavy rainstorm hit, (inevitable event, that) and washed most of the blossoms off the tree. I was feverish, (guess what I caught in Alberta), so I only managed to do a very quick gouache painting of it, while sitting next to it on the back step. But at least I captured some of it before it was gone.