If you plant it, they will come.
That’s the feeling I have about a young Magnolia tree in our yard. The tree is so knock-you-over beautiful--adorned as it is at this time of year with graceful and delicate spring blossoms--I think I should put a sign down at the end of the road inviting folks to come and look. I would not charge admission for this attraction, but suppose I might accept donations.
Better yet, I could invite camera clubs. Photo hobbyists (decked-out in safari vests, three top-of-the-line digital cameras hung like jewelry around their necks)... why, those folks would come. I’d show them where to put their tripods. I’d give them lens and exposure suggestions. I could practically guarantee the visitors that they’d win blue ribbons in their next camera club competition.
“Crass Commercialization” you say?
Au contraire, say I.
For it’s beauty we have here.
It’d be a shame, probably even un-American, not to share it.
