{"id":232,"date":"2023-04-22T14:16:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T18:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=232"},"modified":"2023-04-22T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T18:16:39","slug":"dogwood-blossoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/22\/dogwood-blossoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogwood Blossoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dogwood blossoms are unique, which is another way of saying that they&#8217;re easy to identify. The blossoms are also beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took the first two photos after a walk in the game land (the tree is close to my front door), and I had ideal weather, a bright blue sky that helps show off the blossoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7902-dogwood-blos-20apr2023-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7902-dogwood-blos-20apr2023-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7902-dogwood-blos-20apr2023-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7902-dogwood-blos-20apr2023-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7902-dogwood-blos-20apr2023.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Dogwood blossoms.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7906-dogwood-blos-20apr2023-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7906-dogwood-blos-20apr2023-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7906-dogwood-blos-20apr2023-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7906-dogwood-blos-20apr2023-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/b7906-dogwood-blos-20apr2023.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Dogwood blossoms.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second two photos are from the following day, in which the sky wasn&#8217;t quite so blue (because a high haze was forming), but I tried to compensate for that in Photoshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1651-dogwood-blos-21apr2023-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1651-dogwood-blos-21apr2023-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1651-dogwood-blos-21apr2023-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1651-dogwood-blos-21apr2023-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1651-dogwood-blos-21apr2023.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Dogwood blossoms.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1655a-dogwood-blos-21apr2023-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" width=\"673\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1655a-dogwood-blos-21apr2023-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1655a-dogwood-blos-21apr2023-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1655a-dogwood-blos-21apr2023-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/a1655a-dogwood-blos-21apr2023.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Dogwood blossoms<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spring is incredible . . . at least when it comes to the blossoms everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dogwood blossoms are unique, which is another way of saying that they&#8217;re easy to identify. 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