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Glad you like my photo!
Even though I'm used to them, I'm always a bit surprised when they start blooming every spring.
They look pretty ordinary until the flowers show up!
Ty for sharing. 
I'm so glad you enjoy my little photos. Nothing monumental or amazing, just everyday beauty.
I know you have lovely things there in Ohio too. I've been there in the fall and the trees are incredible.
No scent at all--I've checked. But they make up for that lack with the wonderful foliage and flowers.
I'd miss them too, if I had to live somewhere else.
You have a lot of beauty in Oregon! Pine forests, waterfalls, rhododendrons and the list goes on!
They are scattered throughout our neighborhood, but not as solidly as yours.
I have never gotten even a whiff of scent from the tree, and I've been very close to mine, as it's just outside my balcony!
They get quite large as well as old here. Ours was just a sapling when we planted it, and now it's at least 20 years old, if not older. I haven't seen anything attack it, thank goodness.
They are just so beautiful.
