So does anyone still remember the tree Tuesday tag around here anymore? I can't believe I started that tag way back on Steemit oh so many years ago. Where has all that time gone to? I have to admit I have not done my part to keep tree Tuesday alive whatsoever. To say that I have been lax in my support of the day is utterly an understatement!

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Since I can't go back in time and post more tree Tuesday posts, the best thing I can do is to start posting today! Hence I thought I would share with you one of my favorite trees down here in Virginia. It is called a mimosa. The mimosa tree has fine short petal-like leaves and big wooly looking blooms. I guess they remind me of something out of a Dr Seuss book; specifically something out of Horton Hears a Who. They also have these seed pods that remind me of peapods found in Chinese food. OMG I love those things LOL.

Of course by now everybody knows I love crepe myrtle trees. They are all over down here in Virginia. I cant believe I missed them for over 55 years of life in Michigan. Now I can't help but to smile every time I see them big fuzzy looking coneflowers everywhere.

Looks like this crape myrtle flower has a Japanese Beetle embedded in there trying to get his dinner.

Here's a cocoon with a million little larvae in it. Perhaps one day they will turn into pretty butterflies, but to be honest, they aren't very attractive at this point in time LOL.