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Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. ~Rainer Maria Rilke
I want to let you all know that mind has been preoccupied with Virginia Tech. So many from Lynchburg go to school there. And it has been sad and scary wondering about many that I know. If I have not been to your streams for awhile please forgive.
These are the luscious gardens at Tabacon Hot Springs, on the side of Mt. Arenal in central Costa Rica.
My (now) wife & I went here in 2002 on our first vacation together (you all remember the first time you found out just how long the other person really takes to get ready in the morning and how often they need to take bathroom breaks :?)
We stayed a couple of nights at the adjoining hotel, which gave us access to the Hot Springs, 23 pools heated by the volcano to different temperatures. It's so lush of a paradise, that it's pure joy to walk through and take a dip in this pool or that, hopping out when it gets to be too warm.
This waterfall was accessible- you can sit in the water and it is like a hot massage, beating the muscles in your back into submission, or rather, beating out the tension of the day. It is one of those memories that stands out from the trip.
I went down to the levee in Allviso Marin County Park today to check out the weed flowers. It just happened that an Amtrak train went by and I was able to compose th shot. As I was using a Canon EFS lens on my Sony A6000 with an adapter, I forgot how slow it was to acquire focus lock. I did not continue to push down the shutter button until the train went past the frame. So I was only able to capture the train about half way through. Surprisingly vignetting was not an issue at the corners. As the Sony APS-C sensor is slightly larger than Canon 's, I would expect there is vignetting at the corners. But there 's none. Nevertheless, my EFS 10-22mm lens is showing its limitations on the Sony 24Mpixel sensor. It 's not as sharp as I expect although diffraction at F11 could have come into play. Interestingly EXIF info from the camera reports the lens as 10-22mm F3.5-4.4 although in reality the lens has a max aperture of F4.5 at the telephoto end.
(and I have been distinctly feeling it in my eyes)
Film & camera: Polaroid SX-70 + closeup lens
Polaroid analog analogue instant "instant photography" SX-70 flowers fiori coloured colori blooming spring springtime primavera closeup
It's May 1, 2015 and we have sunny temps in the low 70's. Going out for lunch with a cousin took us into a neighborhood in southeast Ann Arbor with an abundance of colorful tulips in full bloom, at long last.
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A drive through the countryside. Millions of dandelions and flowering cherry trees.
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Eine Frühlingsfahrt durch den Kanton Baselland. Löwenzahn und blühende Kirschbäume.
Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Buckstaff Bathhouse, with the blue awnings, has been in continuous operation since it opened on February 1, 1912. Behind it, the Arkansas Career Training Institute (ACTI), formerly known as the Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center, was built as the first Army/Navy Hospital in the country.
Pussy willow is a name given to many of the smaller species of the genus Salix (willows and sallows) when their furry catkins are young in early spring. Before the male catkins of these species come into full flower they are covered in fine, greyish fur, leading to a fancied likeness to tiny cats, also known as “pussies”. The catkins appear long before the leaves, and are one of the earliest signs of spring.
Pussy willow is a favourite flower for Chinese New Year. The fluffy white blossoms of the pussy willow resemble silk, and they soon give forth young shoots the colour of green jade. The Chinese enjoy such signs of growth, which represent the coming of prosperity. The stalks of pussy willow are frequently decorated with gold and red ornaments that signify prosperity and happiness.
The flowering shoots of pussy willow are also used both in Europe and America for spring religious decoration on Palm Sunday, as a replacement for palm branches, which do not grow that far north. Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox, Ruthenian, Polish, Bavarian and Austrian Roman Catholics, Finnish Lutherans and Orthodox and various other Eastern European peoples carry pussy willow branches on Palm Sunday instead of palm branches. This custom has continued to this day among Romanian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Ruthenian Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Kashubian Catholic and Polish Catholic emigrees to North America. Sometimes, on Palm Sunday they will bless both palms and pussy willows in church. The branches will often be preserved throughout the year in the family's icon corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to officially announce that the spring has begun. I was today in the forest since the morning, and I'm all covered in mud and dirt, but now I really feel that the spring is here :)
5 days to go until beautiful spring weather is upon us and I cannot wait!! I'm so bored at the moment, like most other bloggers out there, and I'm more then ready to hang up my coats + embrace the warm weather. I've had a good run this winter, as I am not a winter girl, but fair's fair and I am OVER the cold, layering + wintery fabrics. I'm excited for colours, dresses, swimmers + all things summery and I feel more myself out in the sunshine. So next Monday, it will be the first day of Spring + I'll have no excuse whatsoever for any dose of mondayitis!
Lucky I have a new toy to play with (lipstick) or I would probably be pulling out my hair in transeasonal frustration! Hopefully you can see the colour better this time (Maybelline Moisture Extreme in Cool Watermelon) although the rising sun stole the limelight a little in these shots. Which I am not complaining about mind you, bring on the sunshine!!
Coat: Blockout
Shoes: Tony Bianco
Dress, Belt, Bag + Jewellery: Vintage
Sunglasses: random cheapies, probably from everywhere!
Spring in Pistoia
Mentre gli amici di AutoAbbandonate stavano al ristorante due foto nelle zone verdi di Pistoia
21.04.2013
Samford University, Birmingham, AL
We have had so much rain this week and then, finally, a spring break. Hope that everybody has a fun weekend. I'll be by to visit soon - lots to catch up on.
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The extreme cold has broken, and a great melt has begun. Even up on the hill at the U, grass is peeking through the snow here and there. There are riffles and rapids on the streets as new little streams form and turn into temporary torrents.
According to the long term forecast, this isn't going to end anytime soon. But, I'm sure that it will eventually end (although I wish that it wouldn't). Old man winter probably has at least one more brutal blast for us before he decides to move on toward the southern hemisphere.
In the meantime, though, we're all enjoying wearing spring jackets and not having our nostril hairs freeze when we breathe.
University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Nikon Coolpix L10
0.001 sec (1/2000); f/5.6; 6.2 mm; ISO 64
Happy Easter to everyone!
Spring.
Location 📌: via Benvenuto Cellini - Novara - Piemonte - Italy.
📷: Canon EOS 77D
🔭: EF-S 50 mm F/1.8
1st April, 2018
© Tommaso Davite
Starvation Creek spring green.
The creek (and subsequently the falls) was originally named "Starveout Creek" due to an incident in 1884. The Pacific Express train carrying 148 passengers and crew rolled out of The Dalles heading west on schedule to arrive in Portland later that day, December 18, 1884. Along the way a blizzard trapped the train between two avalanches with 25 foot high snow drifts. A relief party finally reached them on Christmas Day by foot. Among those helping the hungry passengers was "one hog who had the misfortune of being in Hood River at the time." A week later the train was able to retreat to The Dalles. It finally reached Portland three weeks late on January 7, 1885. ..." [Oregon State Archives, March 2004]