Today in the garden

I love this corner of the garden - it's thriving in better light since the weeping willow blew over 18 months ago.  The willow is still beautiful in its recovered state , but much smaller.  The magnolia stellata and the acer look so lovely together and were more or less hidden in the shade of the willow before. 
I've spent a while this afternoon posting catch up blips and exploring some of your journals. Will I ever catch up with myself I wonder.