After our filling breakfast at Mike's, we took a walk from his house to our 6+ acres of woods. This is standing at the edge of our property looking back from where we had come.

The picture in the first comment below shows how it looked before.

As seen on a walk. Made me really want a tilt & shift lens (perspective control lens as some manufacturers call them).

Love frame filling structures ....

Well here's a line up for fuel you don't see everyday!

Jordan Lake, North Carolina, USA

with azaleas from the Arboretum

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between colourful facades along Chiappini street, Bokaap

Ingalls Creek-Chelan County-Washington State

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"Flors de maig"

Temps de Flors 2024, Girona.

Girona se convierte en un gran jardín urbano con la llegada de Temps de Flors, una fiesta primaveral que este año 2024 se celebra del 11 al 19 de mayo, ocho días para vivir todo el color y la belleza de la naturaleza. Como en todas las ediciones anteriores, la ciudad se adorna con vivos arreglos florales que engalanan edificios emblemáticos del casco histórico y un sinfín de rincones y plazas, dando vida a un espectáculo que cada año regala imágenes irrepetibles.

La 69 edición de la fiesta Temps de Flors, una exhibición de flores y plantas en jardines, calles y monumentos, regresa en 2024, llenando la ciudad de Girona con su esencia de deleite primaveral y en contacto con la naturaleza. Además de calles, plazas y escalinatas, espacios interiores como claustros, los subterráneos de la Catedral o los Baños Árabes, junto a un sinfín de patios habitualmente privados, volverán a abrir sus puertas para recibir a un público entregado.

En total, este año se pueden contemplar 109 instalaciones florales repartidas en 12 barrios gerundenses: Barri Vell, Can Gibert del Pla, Carme, Devesa, Eixample, Fontajau, Mercadal, Montilivi, Santa Eugènia, Sant Narcís, Taialà y Vall de Sant Daniel. Algunos están realizados por jardineros profesionales, mientras otros son obra de asociaciones vecinales e incluso estudiantes de colegios e institutos.

Girona becomes a large urban garden with the arrival of Temps de Flors, a spring festival that this year 2024 will be celebrated from May 11 to 19, eight days to experience all the color and beauty of nature. As in all previous editions, the city is adorned with vivid floral arrangements that adorn emblematic buildings in the historic center and countless corners and squares, giving life to a spectacle that each year provides unrepeatable images.

The 69th edition of the Temps de Flors festival, an exhibition of flowers and plants in gardens, streets and monuments, returns in 2024, filling the city of Girona with its essence of spring delight and in contact with nature. In addition to streets, squares and staircases, interior spaces such as cloisters, the basement of the Cathedral or the Arab Baths, along with an endless number of usually private patios, will reopen their doors to welcome a dedicated public.

In total, this year you can see 109 floral installations spread across 12 Girona neighborhoods: Barri Vell, Can Gibert del Pla, Carme, Devesa, Eixample, Fontajau, Mercadal, Montilivi, Santa Eugènia, Sant Narcís, Taialà and Vall de Sant Daniel. Some are made by professional gardeners, while others are the work of neighborhood associations and even students from schools and institutes.

a real challenge at times

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Schagen … Nederland

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Strasburg Rail Road, year unknown - Ronks, PA (photo by my late father)

Building a wall.

Shot for Our Daily Challenge :“Finding a Gap”

Spring is coming .. the birch is going purple!

Repurposing a small town commercial row. Delavan Illinois.

...with purple pansies

Very close flyby of this osprey in the late day sunlight filling the frame.

with beautiful orchids!

Ahhh, the last one...

Shot for Our Daily Challenge :“Problem Solved”

Tesco petrol station, Church Langley, Harlow, Essex.

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Filling the hole, green and sweet

Beauty's nature, i do eat

With my eyes, that do travel

Through the trees to unravel

The secrets found, green and sweet

i fill the hole and do eat

All the waiting, delicious treasure

That fill my eyes and give me pleasure

When the shaker runs dry...

Shot for Our Daily Challenge :“Pepper”

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with beautiful flowers from my garden...

I have disabled the comments because I won't have time to reply... getting ready for my daughter's wedding this Saturday...

52322 & 2890 ready to fill up with water at Bury Bolton Street Station. East Lancashire Railways. (1521)

Yet another shot I've taken at the creek beside our house. Here, I noticed the small gap in the bokeh in which I placed the new leaf on the tip of the branch. Again, it is a little minimalistic, but I hope you like it!

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HFF!

No better spot on the railroad to show off 5 locomotives on the head end of SAHW than Tulip Trestle.

with orange geum

a walk along Centenary Border at Hilliers Arboretum

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66761 stands at the Arcow quarry. This should have formed the 6M38 11.25 Arcow Quarry to Bredbury Tilcon, but the driver was ill and the train didn't leave until the following day. Looking at all those young trees planted I doubt if this shot will be on in a few years time.