Magnolia sp.

This can be seen from Mum's window in the nursing home.  She has been remarking how it was just about to come into bloom for about a month and today seemed a suitable occasion to capture an image.

Only problem?  It was really windy.  I so wanted to give it the full on macro/close-up treatment but in the end plumped for the 40-150mm zoom, wide open to freeze the movement.  Fortunately the blue sky sets the blooms off a treat.  

I made a second visit to Mum today as I was called by the home to let me know her replacement iPad had arrived.  How frustrating for me that it came after I had left in the morning!  I returned hoping to get it set up and restored for her to use, but after an hour and a half I still had another 3 hours of estimated downloading of an OS update so I could restore her back up from the cloud.  I had to leave before it was finished and am indebted to the son of one of the nurses who has offered to finish the installation after the OS has updated.