spring photos on Flickr

You can see by the absence of snow on the ground that we (nature) are finally progressing to the point where I feel tempted to actually experiment with outside shots. I am fairly certain that the season is really, really close to spring. In addition to my snow-or-lack-thereof metric, I deploy a variety of other yardsticks to decide whether it is spring or not. My favorite metric is the number of sales people arriving at your front door trying to sell you spring cleaning services. Cool, huh? Based on the attractiveness of the sales person involved, this can be a rather short lived experience or yes, we are finally getting to it, a bonding experience. (Just mental stuff – my wife insists on that). So, the other day, I was offered a lawn aerating treatment for a really special price since they just happened to be in the neighborhood. Oh, my … what are the chances of that? Franz being offered a special price? Without having to leave the house? Well, after the initial excitement wore off (this does not take long since I have a difficult time concentrating on anything for too long), I patiently explained to the sales person that I was getting really close to seeing my High-Summer-BC experiment coming to fruition. In case you are wondering, High-Summer-BC is really a different way of describing the interior of British Columbia in July/August when there is absolutely no rain in sight and the grass has withered to a dull and dusty brown earth cover due to the high heat and lack of water. The benefits of this approach to gardening are manifold. It is cheap and environmentally friendly since no watering is required – it is actually frowned upon. There is no moving the sprinkler(s) every half hour. In case you are doing this high end and employ a sprinkler system, you don’t need to have the guys come out twice a year to blow out your system in the fall (winter freezing concern) and then start it up again in the spring. You also don’t need to tie little colorful ribbons around each sprinkler head before aeration so they don’t accidentally destroy your sprinkler heads. I get exhausted just thinking about all the things that are required to have that luscious golf green. No fertilizer run-off into the sewer system. You also get to stay in the house and possible interaction with neighbors is kept to a minimum. Travel costs? Exactly – none zero nada. No reason to have to travel to BC when you are already there.

And the bird? White-crowned sparrow enjoying the fertilizer-free perfectly manicured grounds in spite of the lack of waterfalls.

Waterfalls – Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani – The Voice 2017

Spring by Maruša Žerjal

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spring by Ayeshadows

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Spring Thaw by l i v e l t r a

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Three Forks, Montana

Hello Spring by Leyla

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Snow drop by Mariko Fukuda

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spring field

Spring flowers by Anne May Wold

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Spring 3 by Kelly Sereda

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Topcon 58/1.4 Topcor.

The first tiny flowers of spring in Calgary.

Spring 2 087 by Guys And Travel.

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Spring Nuthatch by N Wagner

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Nuthatch stopping by the birdbath for a drink this morning with the sun creating some nice colors and shadows.

Celebrating spring by WJ Postma

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Spring water flow by Thank you for visiting my page

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A good strong flow somewhat cloudy but all part of what river do,

Spring Light by Matt Williams

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Capturing some of the first blooms of spring last weekend with my wife at the Raleigh Arboretum. I really like the play of light and shadow in this shot. I am excited that spring is finally here!

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Spring Patches by Achim

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of Crocuses / Krokusse

in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend

HBW !

Spring greens by Terry Roberts

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An archive dip with some dales spotlight on a brisk Spring day

Spring Tranquility by PZ Sunrays

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I found a beautiful country field near the place I stayed in Delft, Netherland and decided to revisit it next morning. When I got there, the entire area was surrounded by heavy fog, making me hardly to see anything. Luckily, sun came out and shed light on the small pond, giving me an opportunity to catch this tranquil and mysterious moment.

spring stream by Jon Jikkas

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Spring, spring, spring.... by Brittamay

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maybe if I say it enough times it will come quicker????? LOL...we ended up with just a very light dusting of snow last night :)...not sure, but something is coming in the end of the week..will have to wait and see what I guess...hope you all have a great day/night..thanks so much for your visits!

Immature Baltimore Oriole...correct me if I'm wrong on it being immature...I know it's not an adult male...but could be a female?? These birds come to us in May, only for a week or two...so we enjoy them immensely while they are here...the Males are even prettier!

spring lights by Ewa Sokol

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Spring Light by Reg Wilson

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Composite image created from 6 separate, original images photographed at The Rookery, Streatham Common London

spring mornings by Emily

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Spring has sprung! 🌼 by Melinda G

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Spring by Natalie Van der Stede

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Fairy tale

Spring... by Felip Prats

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La que toca per aquestes dates...

Spring landscape by Gerd

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SPRING DAFFODIL by Louise Christian

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This is another Birthday card for a neighbor....we both need Spring to come soon....we have had a lot of less than 30 degree days ..however the sun does shine during the day...cold or not!!!

It was 17 degrees last night...:)

The photo gives it more orange than it really has...can't seem to edit it out??

WATERCOLOR & INK

Spring awakening by Nannja Panana

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Spring Green by popago

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Spring flowers by Fabio Di Biase

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Spring was here :) by Nstajn

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