Undressing

As I digest all that risotto, and wait for official reports to link to, please enjoy these magnolia buds unhusking themselves for the spring.

This mysterious neighbor has better photos from the same locale, that little LICH park on Henry at the corner of Pacifico.

And here are my paperwhites, still going strong and not as stinky as I remember them. I like the nodules. The seed pods, I take it?