A white world in the spring

Here was the Mt. Norikura, the south area of the Japan North Alps.

I saw the Alps from the mountaintop of Mt. Marishiten, approximately 2,870m above sea level in the early morning.

Even in spring a white snowy world opened under my eyes.

Many white peaks of the Mt. Norikura were seen just under eyes, and the Yari - Hotaka mountain range was seen beyond them.

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Marie has chosen TIME as our word for inspiration for this week and that made me think of SPRING TIME so here we are. I wanted to 'tweak' this a little more but I ran out of TIME!

Credit to Minette143, Ruby Blossom and Bluesse.

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What to do on a sunny day? Don't ask that to a photographer, because they are going to tell you find a location and take tons of photos!

I did that today, the day was perfect, not a cloud in the sky, nice and fresh for walking, daffodils, tulips and crocuses are in full bloom, the trees are finally putting on a show, and I want to share with you all something from this day...

Mother nature, you are awesome, this one is for you...

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Nature inspired me to become a photographer. I specially love trees, birds and flowers, but there is so much to see, enjoy and capture during a long hiking trip, a lake, a conservation area, forest or park, the list of places is very long!

Graphic design is another way to express myself. I love reinventing a photo that I have seen, in different ways. I use Photoshop to do these transformations, and I also my own photos to create textures.

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Martha.

Just a couple of images taken in Claybury Wood during late spring. They've been processed entirely in Adobe Photoshop.

Based on a Lindy Smith design. I love these spring colours together!

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

~Hal Borland

More from my visit to VanDusen Garden on February 15th.

These are called Spring Snowflake, I presume a type of snowdrop but I haven't confirmed it.

Walking the valley of Spring

With only the blue sky above

The thunder of greens and blues

Rain if you want, I have holes in my shoes.

As life starts anew

With fragments of last year kiss

Hoping for better days

You I will always miss.

b.mikic

I want Spring and I want it now...

A sure sign that spring is here April 11 2013 Pennsylvania

looking out

At the moment winter is winning in my garden but I am hoping spring will get the upper hand next week.

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wood anemones

Spring wild flowers are starting to bloom here in Southeast Texas, although most of the blooms pictured here show up much later in the year.

Scan from the Golden Treasury of Natural History.

The Golden Treasury of Natural History, by Bertha Morris Parker, Golden Press, New York. 1962 printing. Copyrights include 1941, 1945, 1950, 1952.

The illustrations come from Golden nature guides (most by Dr. Herbert S. Zim), along with sources from Whitman Publishing's Field Flowers and Woodland Flowers by T. H. Everett.

A Mallard drake swims through rhododendron and azalea reflections.

☢ Danger Zone ☢

An oldie which I'm re-posting - love this pic of spring I took a year or so ago!

Ahhh - I love spring! New leaves, spring blossoms and ladybugs!

This year you really had to look for spring here. A lot of rain and cold spoil the joy of spring. But there were nice moments too.

Trees and meadows are blooming and the sun is already strong - that's how you imagine spring.

Camera: Shen Hao TZ-45 IIB

Lens: Schneider APO Simar 5.6 / 150mm

Shutter Speed: 1/125

Aperture: f 16

Filmback: Shen Hao 6x17

Film: Kodak Ektar 100, 120

Scanner: Epson V850 Pro

ScannerSoftware: SilverFast

I love the formation of clouds especially at sunset when you bring in all that wonderful colour. This is taken out the front of my house on a Spring Sunset Evening.

My daughter says it almost looks like a Love Heart in the sky.

Complice la giornata uggiosa, ieri ho deciso di rimettermi in cucina. Così, dopo i filettini di orata con salsa all'arancia e cognac e pomodori gratinati, ho sfornato questi cupcakes. Forse ho esagerato un pò con il verde, ma sono così belli primaverili..... E poi volevo provare la macchina nuova in questo tipo di scatti. Devo dire che mi piace davvero tantissimo e soprattutto mi sto divertento; scattando tutto in manuale, anche il focus, ho il controllo totale. E questo è quello che mi piace di più, che cercavo e che finalmente riesco a fare.

Buon inizio di settimana a tutti!

SOOC

Thanks to the gloomy day, yesterday I decided to get back in the kitchen. So, after the fillets of sea bass with orange sauce and cognac and tomatoes gratin, I baked these cupcakes. Maybe I overdid it a bit with the green, but they have so a spring mood ..... And moreover I wanted to try the new camera in this kind of shots. I must say I really like a lot and most of all I'm having fun; taking everything in manual, also the focus, I have total control. And this is what I like more, I was looking for and I can finally do.

Good start of the week everyone!

Here a photo from my garden the spring has come.

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Poppy flower

See it on FLUIDR. (Just click any Fluidr photo to enlarge)

Flowering plums burst forth in February around here, and we've always taken that as a sure sign that spring is headed our way. Of course, the rainy season still has a few months to go, but it'll begin tapering off pretty soon, and the temperatures are working their way upward (looking for mid-60s this weekend!); so we're entering into the season of hope.

Frühling

Canon EOS 5DS R

TAMRON 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD A010

ƒ/13.0 300.0 mm 1/250 500

The springs are known for the clarity of the water, and the volume of water discharged. The springs are spiritually significant to the Māori people.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

View On Black

Has Spring finally arrived ?

Copter 11 leaves the Spring Incident heading towards Barton.

Small bike ride with the 50mm Lens to my new local woodland and spring feelings in the air at last.

Found a lovely little river on the way and a colour of spring reflecting off the water.

"From you have I been absent in the spring,

When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,

Hath put a spirit of youth in everything..."

William Shakespeare,Sonnet 98

Today, April 23rd we mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare at the age of 52, quite a good age in those days... born in April 1564...christened on April 26, it is quite possible that he might have been born on the 23rd as well...

thanks to BMK photography and Clive Sax for textures.

Pentacon AV 2.8/80

Frühlingserwachen

Лес проснулся, потянулся и песененку запел!!!))

Славит лес Весну-царевну:

Звонко льется смех напевный

В глубине зеленой,

Над водой студеной.

Лесовик под дубом пляшет,

Свежей веткой буйно машет.

Вьются Водяницы,

Резвые сестрцы.

В волосах речные травы,

Грудь как пена, взор лукавый,-

Либо им весною

Тешится игрою!

Дед космач, седой, мохнатый,

Сел верхом на пень горбатый,

А яга-старуха

Что-то свищет глухо.

Всеми радость овладела:

В пышном блеске ночи белой

Роет царь болотный

Корень приворотный.

И колдует в тине зыбкой:

"Зачаруй, Весна, улыбкой

Все тропы лесные

И сердца людские!"

М.Пожарова

Подруга понимает с полуслова,

Смеётся и грустит вместе с тобой.

Совет хороший дать всегда готова,

С подругой можно быть просто собой.

Подруга выслушает и утешит,

С тобой разделит планы и мечты.......

Спроси - откуда знаю я всё это?

Да потому что у меня есть ТЫ!!!!!!!

День рождения нигде не купить.

Он приходит бесплатно однажды.

Он не просит заплатить,

но и в год не приходит он дважды.

Он придет - развернется спектакль,

прилетит вдруг волшебник к тебе,

чтоб спросить: ты же счастлива, не так ли?

Будь за все благодарна судьбе!

И тогда пред тобой развернется

этот звездный и Млечный путь.

И плохое уже не вернется,

про печали и грусти забудь.

Пожелаю средь звезд вечерних

самой яркой звездою быть.

Быть весной среди песен весенних,

и о счастье своем не забыть!

Sunrise ignites late spring skies over ordered boats ready for the coming summer season at Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, Montana.

The view from this well-known shore is magnificent in any season, and it didn't disappoint for a second as I made a quick stop one morning while taking my loving parents on an early season sightseeing trip revisiting some of their (and my) most beloved glacier-sculpted landscapes in Montana and southern Canada. Beautiful places, wonderful people, and memorable times.

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