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Good morning everyone my friends, confined at home one week and another working ... in a society fighting Covid 19.
This is a tough time for many of us, spring is out... so close but so far too... nostalgic thoughts...
Hope it helps you to spend your time and get distracted in these strange times ...
A hug for all and be very careful !!!!
I posted a panorama from this location at the Capitol previously but I wanted to share this one as well. It may seem like a simple image, but its tough to get the timing right (or lucky). The cherry blossoms have to be in bloom and the daffodils (I think that's what those are) must be as well. Then you have the sky. Sometimes she cooperates, most of the time she does not. In this case it was all working together. Fortunately I can swing by this place on my way to work, so its easy to watch. Let me know what you think.
Week #11
SPRING BREAK!
This last week has been BEAUTIFUL weather. I even wore shorts today! I need a tan pretty bad though.. Anyway, too bad today was the first day for my spring break to start and it becomes cold and windy :[ This last week was pretty busy as always. I entered into my schools art show and got past the first round of judging with all 4/4 photographs that we could submit! I am really excited! Also I finished printing my portfolio on 13x19s, landscape, cold press paper. They look amazing on that fine art paper! It's a completely different feeling when you have those prints and not just on the computer screen! I also am going blonde. I wanted to try it out for the summer. I will be all the way blonde in April. Pretty exciting! I hope I can pull it off.
Happy St. Patricks day!
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My steam is lacking colour with the recent mono shots.
Clear blue sky's today so decided to shoot some spring flowers for a change.
Used my 24-70mm f/2.8G @ f/2.8 to add a little bokeh
Taken in the National Trust gardens at Greenway (Once the home of famed mystery author Agatha Christie) in Devon
Half-faded fiery blossoms, pale with heat
And full of bitter summer, but more sweet
From Ave Atque Vale by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)
Its a cold wet Winter here and I'm pining for the clarity and warmth of a blossoming Spring...
Poppies, poppies, poppies, with cream cups, lupine, gilia, phacelia, and other varieties of desert wildflowers. Taken off the road (FR459) within Bartlett Lake, located near the town of Carefree, north of Phoenix, Arizona.
Der März verabschiedet sich mit Schnee !
Und fĂĽr heute ist wieder ein gewaltiges Sturmtief avisiert.
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Wünsche Euch einen schönen Tag!
Very Jurassic looking to me - the skunk cabbage leaves and ferns are lush and green, some over a meter tall. The peak of Spring!
This is an old pic from last Spring, but it suits my mood. The garage sale is over (I'll never do THAT again!), and a lady came by and bought everything that was left. She got a great deal and so did we...now I don't have to haul it off to a donation spot... :)
I'm looking forward to the rebirth of the forests after this winter season. This is one of my favorite spots to wade to on the Big Quil river.
One way I check for Spring is to go to the local park and look for cherry blossoms… I found some this morning : )
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Allen's Hummingbird & Cherry Blossoms
In early spring, a narrow strip of scrub and chaparral along the Pacific Coast starts buzzing with the sights and sounds of the coppery and green Allen's Hummingbird. Males flash their brilliant reddish orange throat and put on an elaborate show for the females, swinging in pendulous arcs before climbing high into the sky and diving back down with a sharp squeal made by their tails. These early migrants mostly spend the winter in Mexico, but some stay in southern California year-round.
Male and female Allen's Hummingbirds use different habitats during the breeding season. The male sets up a territory overseeing open areas of coastal scrub or chaparral, where he perches conspicuously on exposed branches. The female visits these areas, but after mating she heads into thickets or forests to build a nest and raise the young.
The Allen's Hummingbird is a remarkably early migrant compared with most North American birds. Northbound birds may depart their wintering grounds as early as December, arriving on their breeding grounds as early as January when winter rains produce an abundance of flowers.
Like other birds, Allen's Hummingbirds use their feet to help control their body temperature. When it's cold outside they tuck their feet up against their bellies while flying, but when temperatures soar, they let their feet dangle to cool down.
The oldest recorded Allen's Hummingbird was at least 5 years 11 months old when she was captured and rereleased in California during banding operations in 2009. She had been banded in the same state in 2004.
(200-600 @ 422 mm, 1/1000 @ f/6.3, ISO 200)