I was, to say the least, wonderstruck when I observed the magnolias in our neighbor’s backyard dancing in the wind on a pleasant Tuesday morning of April 4, 2017.

 

The star magnolia tree was almost in full-bloom under overcast skies.

 

Instead of grabbing a notepad and a pencil to transcribe my feelings, I got hold of my digital camera and videotaped the scene for all to see.

 

Whenever I observe flowers dancing in the wind – I am reminded of William Wordsworth’s (British poet, 1770-1850) stanza (the last one) in his famous poem: “I wandered lonely as a Cloud” – which describes the dance of daffodils.

 

Here is how the last stanza goes:

 

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.