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The lilac in the garden is in full thrust… and the sight and scent are equally divine. (The variety, for anyone interested, is Lilac Andenken an Ludwig Späth, named after the German botanist and nurseryman.)
Combining items from Ostara's Altar creators and [QE Home] to create a unique magical atmosphere for Spring.
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Canadian Pacific's westbound train 287, rushes westbound through the springtime countryside of Reeseville Wisconsin. I must admit, it was rather pretty.
CP 287
CP 9658, UP 5479
Reeseville, WI.
Spring 2019
Meteorologically, this has been a year like no other. Temperatures have been all over the place, sometimes far too hot, sometimes far too cold. The garden wildlife has been very confused too. Our ultra cold and prolonged spring resulted in a 100% failure for the breeding toads and an almost complete absence of any insect life until now when one or two species are at last appearing. Brimstone butterflies are normally seen in early springtime, but this pristine specimen turned up yesterday and posed beautifully for me. Normally these butterflies are notoriously difficult to snap as they rarely rest for any length of time. This one was most cooperative - an exciting and rare photo opportunity for me.
Springtime in the South Valley foothills of Morgan Hill... we were pretty lucky this year to have as much rain as we did, making these rolling hills as green as green could be....
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Created for Shock of the New - Let it Sparkle
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Lovely little Blue Tit flying away after doing acrobatics on the trees at YWT North Cave reserve a few weeks ago.
We are Marie and Lendariana Whitfield, Las Whitfield as we like to call ourselves. We have started a blog where we always model the wonderful creations of Second Life together. Check it out:
Blog: laswhitfield.wordpress.com/2017/04/15/springtime/
Photography by Marie Whitfield
standing alive old and grey never too late to say
sorrow and worry, your chains won't make me hurry
to an end
deserved
oh how absurd
to a life begun just now
dirt, mud
mixed with springtime's blood
brings a slow and glorious color
so hurry instead to a life begun
and leave death behind
you deserve hope and the promise this brings.
I was very fortunate to live in the Atlanta area between 1987 and 1989, because this coincided nicely with CSX operating their ex-Clinchfield F units on its Roadrailer trains. Known as XpressRailers on CSX, the trains carried auto parts between Detroit and Atlanta. Trains ran longer and later on Sundays, putting them in daylight in Kentucky and Tennessee, so it was a regular Sunday ritual in 1988 to get up early, drive north, intercept the southbound train and follow it until dark. Of course, other fans did this as well, but in the days before Internet, cell phones and ATCS it was pretty much a shot in the dark to locate the train except by listening to the radio. The train lasted into 1989 I believe, but in any case the Fs weren’t used on it after the fall of 1988, and the XpressRailer was discontinued soon after.
Here’s southbound R-211 passing the Shawhan Baptist Church north of Paris, Ky. on April 17, 1988 – my first chase of this train.
As the snows are descending on the mainland United States, and the last leaves are falling from the trees, I already find myself longing for springtime, when everything is green and the waters run high in Yosemite Valley.
A view near the largely deserted village of Newbottle between KIng's Sutton and Charlton on the very western fringe of Northamptonshire and overlooking the Cherwell valley on the right.
I remember feeling very relieved to get here as this section had started with a climb over a large metal field gate (always unnerving when there isn't a stile of some form and the gate won't open, usually means you're going wrong) and then a long trudge up a steep, but incredibly boggy field with the squelch nearly over my boots all the way. Exhausting!
But I had a pint at the lovely thatched Rose and Crown in Charlton to look forward to.
Kingsbury, Québec, Canada
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