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Showing the effect of the snow melter :-)
Nakafurano, Hokkaido.
Shot at just returning from Mt.Oputateshike, Biei.
Early morning at the moat around Hikone Castle, Japan. Night version will be uploaded next.
Happy weekend to everyone.
Gorgeously bright day, Edinburgh very busy with both locals and tourists on a sunny Saturday. Walked through the Grassmarket and found a group holding an open-air Tango session. Dancing right there under the dappled spring sunshine coming through the newly leafy trees, casting a lovely mix of bright light and shade that was just begging for some monochrome shots. Was lovely to see people enjoying themselves like this in the middle of a busy Saturday, right there in a busy square, under the shadow of the Castle.
I love this time of year, watching the new growth even though it's still a bit on the chilly side. Not often you see ripples so close to the edge in this particular place.
Happy Thursday Monochrome 😊
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Finally some things to shoot! Things are starting to move along. It has been a very long winter for us all living in Alberta, but the sun is shining, it is nice and warm, life is good! Enjoy!
Salix discolor (pussy willow). Like daffodils and tulips,pussy willows are one of those species that bloom in early spring.The flowers are soft silky silvery catskins borne in early spring before the new leaves appear, with the male and female catskins on different plants; the male catskins (which is probably what these are) mature yellow at pollen release -Wikipedia
Phantom Spring Ranch got its name when my parent's first saw it. They visited the property in the summer having read about the numerous springs in the real estate posting.
Upon arrival, there was no sign of springs on the ranch except for the Little Prickly Pear creek which is seen in this photo.
Turns out the primary spring runs into the creek at the base of this small hill. You can see it in the hint of open water in the otherwise frozen creek. It's the outlet of the spring and is just warm enough to remain ice free throughout the year.
At other times of the year, a few other springs run in the gulches of the dry hills north of the ranch house.
The creek, numerous beaver ponds, marsh areas, and flat meadows are the reasons my parents bought the place.
The creek is mentioned in one of the stories in the book 'A River Runs Through It' by Norman Maclean. The story notes the Sieben ranch which neighbors this one - at 80,000 acres it's a significantly larger stretch of land than Phantom Springs.
Although only 30-45 minutes outside Helena, the capital of Montana (population 26,000), the valley and surrounding hills remain ranch land.
The creek and surrounding marshes are host to brown and rainbow trout, river otters, beavers, and nesting pairs of bald eagles and Sandhill Cranes. An occasional swan has flown through on migration.
The rest of the property is dry ranch land. It's host to many deer, elk, coyote, and more rattlesnakes than I care to have seen in my lifetime. My parents have also seen black bear, mountain lions, and one of the wolves from the original Yellowstone re-introduction pack. The wolf was identified after being tranquilized by rangers chasing it by helicopter.
It's a special place we love visiting throughout the year.
Midori welcomes spring wearing a flower chaplet made by AyuAna. And I was determined that she get to wear the Switch dress that was too small for her, so she sort of is, well...upside down.
"Below, on the daisy's small threshing floor
The young honeybees have struck up a crazy dance
The sun sweats, the water trembles
Sesame seeds of fire slowly fall ..."
(Poetry : Odysseas Elytis - Sun the First)
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