What better way to enjoy Spring than to eat the blossoms. Takumar 200/3.5

I rose this morning early as usual, and went to my desk.

But it’s spring,

and the thrush is in the woods,

somewhere in the twirled branches, and he is singing.

And so, now, I am standing by the open door.

And now I am stepping down onto the grass.

I am touching a few leaves.

I am noticing the way the yellow butterflies

move together, in a twinkling cloud, over the field.

And I am thinking: maybe just looking and listening

is the real work.

Maybe the world, without us,

is the real poem.

~Mary Oliver

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Abstract photography

ICM

More spring collection of happiness.

Spring flowers to make us rid Winter out!!!!

From the archives, shot with a macro extension tube and an EF50mm F/1.8 STM lens, a budget combination that I was very fond of at the time.

Recharging the batteries by the river.

Thanks for looking... :)

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People were suntanning outside even though it's only mid-March. New buds growing along a wall decided to pop out of the ground. My own textures added.

reflections

Viburnum farreri / Călin

Bucharest Botanical Garden

panorama rybníku Horáku

Sliders Sunday

Spring is finally here! Let's all celebrate with a lovely vase of tulips!

Olympus E-M5MarkII

OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro

Пролет

Spring writes poems in the Sky...b.mikic

W ogródku urocza kwiatowa wiosna./ A lovely spring flower in the garden

Maine

Schwanenteich, Neuwied Rlp

My photo.

One of the early spring ephemerals, Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica). Photographed using the Helios 44-2, 58mm, @f2

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Spring Sunset tree still a bit bare, but nice sunshine in this early evening shot in North Carolina.

Yesterday, on Saturday, we had one day long mini Spring in the middle of the Winter and I could do alot of gardening.

Today, on Sunday the winter has came back:

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Captured with Meyer-Optik Görlitz Trioplan 75mm F3.5 lens.

Taking a little spring break from my city shots to post everything blooming right now...I just couldn't resist!! :))

An old limb stretched his fingers upwards rustling hints of a faded autumn white it touched the others around him. A creation of wild confusion competing for the light while lush green layers cover the grey nurturing the aging limb. It will survive another spring. - Lynn Reket.

A homeless was sitting outside a luxury store and enjoying his dinner.

Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States

Canon 5D Mark II

Canon 70-200mm/F2.8L IS II USM

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I love the planting combinations at our local RHS Gardens - Hyde Hall. I can lose myself there for hours with my camera - so good for the soul :)

Thanks for all the lovely comments and faves on my images and hope everyone's having a good week.

The sun momentarily breaks through dense falling snow on a cold (-17 °C) day in the valley of the Jacques Cartier River, Quebec.

The average annual snowfall in this region is more than 400-500 cm, but this year snowfall has far exceeded the average.

Photo is a snap shot taken on a back-country ski trip.

Skiing into this location was an arduous task as it was necessary to break trail through more than 18 inches of fresh snow.

Upper River/Riviere Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada.

Photo taken: 05 April 2018 (despite appearances, this is a colour photo)

Camera: Olympus EM1 MkII

Lens: Olympus 8/1.8

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