in our backyard. Asheville, North Carolina. Shot through condensation on a window, and using, of all things, a macro lens.

I need to sleep. I cant get no sleep. Deep in the bosom of the gentle night is when I search for the light.

This was growing in a small spinny on an old disused railway embankment.

"Spring flowers are winter dreams told, in the morning, at the table of angels".

[KHALIL GIBRAN]

Thank you to Franco Fedeli for this inspirational quote~

Prunus Avium or Wild Cherry

During a walk along my local disused railway line I came across an old apple tree growing close to where the signal box for a station and goods sidings once stood.

Hi there,

There's nothing quite like flowering trees in spring. This one is a crabapple tree in a park that I frequent. Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

Edited in Topaz Studio with a pointillism effect and colour adjustments.

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at a local park (and everywhere else for that matter). This crabapple tree was taken to Topaz Studio where I added an impressionism filter for Sliders Sunday. I hope you enjoy! HSS!

Thank you for stopping by and for leaving me a comment! Have a wonderful day!

Thanks for looking in - wishing you a lovely day, all :-)

Kwanzan Cherry Blossom Trees (Prunus serrulata) have a reputation for being some of the showiest cherries at the National Cherry Blossom Festival, with dramatic, deep pink double-blossoms. But Kwanzan cherry trees are eye-catching year-round, with leaves that emerge a rich red-copper hue before taking on a green shade and finally turning yellow in fall.

This is a photo from last year, beautiful cherry trees in the park. Hope this year they bloom like this one soon!

Thank you very much for the kind comments and faves, much appreciated!🙋‍♀️

Central Park turns into a wonderland in the spring with beautiful flowering trees and flowers. Everyone is anxious to get outdoors and stroll through the Park. (Edited in Lightroom, Photoshop and Topaz)

Thank you for your visits comments and favs! :-)

One of a small flock. Great to see this one feeding on the flowers again.

Cold wind, then sunshine, then some clouds and ending with a shy rain shower.

Una Primavera perfetta

Vento freddo, poi il sole, infine qualche nuvola e finale di giornata con una timida pioggia.

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Blossom on a flowering tree

Bernheim Forest and Arboretum

Clermont Kentucky

Tulips & a lovely pink Crabapple at Dow's Lake Ottawa. Wishing eveyone a beautiful start to your week.

At Filoli, a National Trust for Historic Preservation site in Woodside, California.

Hope you are enjoying a lovely weekend. Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your support -- I greatly appreciate it.

© Melissa Post 2021

That time of year when things start to come alive again.....A time for renewal

The Mexican Plum Trees are blooming beautifully now in Texas. The flowers only seem to be there a few short days.

Processed with a texture from the Flypaper Tempest Painterly Collection.

Happy Slider Sunday!

This is a flower from the beautiful Bauhinia tree which begins flowering here in August every year announcing spring.

An African tulip tree in bloom is a remarkable burst of color. Consequently, the tree has earned many monikers: flame of the forest, fountain tree, and fireball. Scientists know it as Spathodea campanulata and this East African Native has been in Hawaiʻi for a long time. mauiinvasive.org/2018/01/31/african-tulip-tree/

Magnolia × soulangeana

Berlin, Britzer Garten

Andrea Motis & Joan Chamorro Group: Feeling Good

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2kFYzTFCRo

Taken at the temple ruin of Shijuuku'in (四十九院) in Hakuba village. What remain today are only a Kobushi grove, a canola field and a small stone structure hidden in the canola field.

Blooming flowers are Kobushi (magnolia kobus), Aburana (canola) and Sakura (cherry).

The trio of Hakuba mountains are Shirouma-yari (白馬鑓), Shakushi (杓子), and Shirouma (白馬) from left to right.

Kobushi flowers hide Happoone ski gelände.

The image is taken from a hill near Freiburg.

.....Nature is so beautiful theses days...Apple trees are flowering, the birds are singing and most of them are back from their wintering grounds. First swifts have returned and chasing with their bright calls across the sky... (they are my favorite summer birds).

Yesterday I have listened for the first time this spring to the song of a nightingale.

Now I'm waiting for the return of the swallows.

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SCHÖNER BLICK VON FREIBURG AUS AUF DEN SCHWARZWALD

Die Natur ist wunderschön zur Zeit. Nach kalten Tagen und Frostnächten sind die Temperaturen auf +20 C gestiegen.

Die Apfelbäume blühen, die meisten Vögel sind aus ihren Winterquartieren zurück und zwitschern ihre Lieder (klingt kitschig, ich weiss-;), aber ich bin nun mal 'Vogelfan'.

Die Bienenfresser im Kaiserstuhl sind fest am Brüten.

Seit einigen Tagen jagen Mauersegler mit ihren hellen Rufen über den Himmel , und gestern habe ich zum erstenmal diesen Frühling dem Gesang einer 'Meistersängerin', der Nachtigall, unter blühenden Obstbäumen gelauscht.

Nun warte ich auf die Rückkehr der Schwalben...

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Wishing you a lovely week, dear friends, stay safe.

Many thanks for your kind visits.

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I was almost ready to trash this photo from my archives.

When I had Lumix FZ1000 camera new, I made lots of experiments, overexposures, high keys and so on.

But from all of them I kept this Magnolia shot and made a new RAW processing, using DxO Pur RAW and then Luminar Neo by Skylum.

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This flowering plum in our garden goes by either name, the Chinese or Japanese Plum. It produces lovely blossom but not plums themselves for about four years. We hope this year that it will fruit!

Sometimes we can tell a day even starting from the last picture...

Il mondo della fotografia è bello, si può partire con un racconto anche dall'ultima immagine di un giornata trascorsa all'aperto. Svelare il finale e poi raccontare se si ha voglia, il prima.

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I took an early morning drive on Sunday and found this stunning tree in all its glory around Batesville, Georgia. Of course, I had to stop and take its picture!

Explore, Front Page, 3/25/2009

Still getting snow in this side of world, and it really was heavy this morning! Birds were coming a lot and they seem in a hurry. Chickadees were working hard taking seeds to their favorite places, but were not the only ones, we had titmice, juncos, sparrows, woodpeckers, blue jays and cardinals, at least those were the ones I saw.

As you can see in this photo, the leaves of the tres are starting to show, and I'm almost certain that we will be seeing the first flowers in about two weeks. It is going to be lovely...

And talking about spring and, I'm amazed by the talent of this duo:

youtu.be/UHE1z4VJ3f8

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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Photography is my passion, and nature photography is my favorite.

I have been in Explore for more that a hundred times, and it is an awesome experience to have your photos showcased in such a special way.

I'm in many groups, and I only add my photos to them if they are not private.

I thank your for coming today, for leaving a comment, and make a favorite of yours this photo, (if that is the case) thanks again!

The best part of this forum is the contacts and friends that I have made over the years, that have the same passion for this art that is called photography!

Martha,

Threatening cloud over Lake Ontario viewed from the waterfront trail at the waterfront park in Ajax , Martin’s photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , March 11. 2023

Squires beach

Rotary Park

In explore

Threatening cloud over Lake Ontario

Threatening cloud

Sunset

Snow

Duffins creek marsh

Blossoms

Rocks

March 2023

November 2022

Blossoms

Flowering trees

bulrushes

tall grasses

Family

Sunset

January 2023

Shrubs

Oak tree

Large Oak tree

Trees

Stones

Reflections

Reflection

Dogwood

Orange yellow Tamarack tree

Duffins trail

blue sky

cloud cover

yellow Tamarack tree

Tamarack tree

Tamarac

American Larch tree

Beautiful Nettles and it’s flowers

Nettles

Waterfront trail on Lake Ontario

Waterfront trail of Lake Ontario

Black eye Susan’s

Colourful bird houses

Autumn

Shadows

Reflections

Large mushroom

Duffins creek

Discovery bay

cropped photograph

closeup photograph

Martin’s photographs

Helen’s photographs

Ajax

Ontario

Canada

Duffins creek

Favourites

IPhone XR

iPhone SE 2020

Mushroom

Large Mushroom

Large white stones

wildflowers

Trout lilies

Lake Ontario

Mouth of Duffins creek marsh

white Deadnetles

River

Dogwood

Woods

Favourites

White Trilliums

Duffins marsh

Duffins trail

Ferns

Large tree

Spring blooms from my archive.....

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Green-Wood Cemetery

I think these are pear blossoms

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#12/52, Shallow Depth of field, 52 weeks in 2020

Let's try to think about the flowers about to burst forth in their pink lushness and not the surrounding gloom. Stay well, friends, and keep in touch!