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First day of spring at Henry Shaw's mausoleum and home. Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Morgan County (GA) Copyright 2010 D. Nelson
A not very subtle arrival of spring, and yep, that's a horse on a pole.
From the trees in my front yard. The developer put these in virtually all the yards as this neighborhood was built.
I like how much of the pink can be seen here.
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One of my photographic goals has been to take pictures of individual snowflakes. This has been a particularly difficult goal to achieve due to a number of reasons. First, the temperature and weather conditions need to be JUST right to create visible snowflakes, worthy of photographing (this is not often). Second, it doesn't snow every day (even if it has snowed often). And third, most of the times it has snowed, it was during a time that I could not get out with my camera. Either it was night time, during school hours, when I had an appointment, or when I was sick (and I was sick for six weeks straight this year, so this was often). I figured I would just have to wait until next year to get the shots I so desired. But winter wasn't done with us yet, even if it was the first day of spring! (After all, I was born in a blizzard at the end of March!) A friend of mine out in West Jersey posted a picture on Facebook of an individual snowflake which got me ALL EXCITED!!! I saw her picture during the school day and could not WAIT to get home to my camera and these snowflakes that seemed to be so well-formed! I just had to hope the temperature and conditions were the same by me, after school. I finally got home, and was THRILLED to see they were! My sister and I had a great time looking at and photographing these snowflakes! I'm sure we looked ridiculous sitting in the snow on our front lawn with blankets and towels. I was using a macro lens. The lens has a VERY narrow depth of field. So, if the flakes weren't completely flat and parallel with my lens, only part of the flake would be in focus. This was frustrating. And despite using a macro lens, it was still very difficult to get the flakes in focus. These that I am posting were the best of the crop. More pictures to come! I'll post a few each day. I'm not thrilled with the red background, but maybe someday I can figure out how to change the color in Lightroom.
he jogged here from our house, with nary a stop. at least a mile away. we called rachel on the phone so he could tell her all about it.
copyright © 2007 sean dreilinger
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03/20/09 – Day 79 of 365
Beautiful day in Chicago yesterday and as I did a walkabout in the backyard, I noticed that our crocuses were blooming. It was late in the day but I found a cluster that was still lit by the sun.
cat pretending not to notice the baby toys
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Zum heutigen Frühlingsanfang ein Ausblick auf die Pracht die uns noch erwartet. Ich wünsche allen Flickr-Freunden einen wunderschönen Frühling.
now I'm cold and exhausted. Gonna go pass out for a few hours!
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One thing I wanted to do, but didn't think about it until WAY after the day was over and the snow had melted....
I took most of these pix before 8am so most of the complex was either still asleep or in deep hibernation...
What I shoulda done was put on my bikini and bathrobe, set up my tripod and sat in one of those chairs.... but like I said. I thought about it WAYY too late. I doubt it will snow again this spring.
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On lunch at work - the telephone poles in the first sweats of spring feeling that much more like organic things, than the cold dead trunks of winter.
Reflections abound in the beautiful sunny mid-day - or sundae midi, if that's your cup of dessert tea?
Canon EOS-400D | 70-200 F4L
Toronto
I couldn't resist.
First day of Spring. Manhattan residents and tourists come out in full force.
In the background is a painting of workers working on subway tracks.
Well, spring is here, with the 5" of wet, heavy snow that fell on the last day of winter. Don't worry, Layla, it will be mud soon ...
A beautiful flower in celebration of a bright new season, and also the birthday of someone very special.
Camellia x vernalis. J. C. Raulston Arboretum. Raleigh, North Carolina.
March 20, 2021 - Chino Hills State Park. Photo Shoot with Ayla Qureshi, Leticia Hernandez, and Andrea Parsons.
Spring is a time of mixed blessings, while I enjoy the longer daylight hours and the return of some of our seasonal birds (the grackles are back and I saw a field full of swans last weekend) it is also a time of great angst for me. What causes me the most grief you might ask? Allergies are a pain, but what's even worse is a small yard (that has no grass), two dogs and not a lot of time for scooping over the winter!!!! ahem, need I say more? Most days are spent mopping mucky paw prints off the floor (even after we wipe their paws, there's still prints everywhere!) and I'm still waiting for the ground to harden up a bit before I go out with my shovel and clean up. sigh.... Ahhhh, spring!
Daily photo for Thursday, March 20, 2014. First day of spring. Part of our Throwback Thursday series.
cat making a move on the baby toys
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Very windy. First day of Spring! Went back to check on the red-tailed hawk nest. Saw the male circle overhead then fly away. About 30 minutes later mom popped up with a field mouse in her beak, likely brought to her by the male. Great news as I'm sure she was feeding it to new little ones! Very windy. About 50 yards away and 50 feet high in a tree, had to crop, but thrilled to know the eggs have hatched. :-) Will go back from time to to time to check on things. Red tailed hawks mate for life.