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First flower in my garden, Crocus!
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians 4:4
***********Explore 471-March 17, 2010!***********
Crystal Springs Preserve is in Zephyrhills, FL. It was once open to the public to visit but has had entry restricted to groups and booked events for some time in order to preserve the spring and grounds. In addition to the namesake springs group, the preserve features an enjoyable boardwalk and views of the Hillsborough River.
This shot shows the Hillsborough River immediately before its confluence with the spring run. The river in this stage is in its infancy, being roughly the size of a forest creek, before rapidly expanding upon merging with Crystal Springs. The river is a blackwater river, taking its color from the tannin in the leaves surrounding its swampy floodplain, but since Crystal Springs provides such a dramatic increase in the flow this can lead to varying levels of clarity and different hues in times of low water.
Walking over a hill into a valley, a spring bull moose sprouts knuckles of his future rack. This photo was taken in the high country with the Alaska Range towering above in the distance.
This was the second trip to this area since my illness, it was good to get out of the truck and walk a bit. Still not able to hike across the tundra but hope to soon.
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”
- James Matthew Barrie
Have a great week ahead everyone!
so this is like the first flower ive seen around and this makes me happy cause SPRING IS HERE! yay! sadly this is my last upload until april. sucks not having a pro account! :(. ohs well.
taken with a canon rebel xs and 35mm f/2 used.
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While the calendar may still say Winter, the birds are clearly getting a jump on Spring. Bluebirds are checking out my nesting boxes, ditto with the Chickadees. And a pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers have been, let's just say, romantically inclined. They've picked a spot close to my feeders for their nesting cavity. Sadly, there is about zero percent chance they'll get to keep it as the Starlings have been checking it out.
Yellow spring
April gallant was coming, everything full of yellow flowers ... yellow the stream, yellow the path, the hill, the children's cemetery, the orchard where love lived! The sun anointed the world with yellow with its fallen lights; Oh for the golden liros, clear, warm water! The yellow butterflies about yellow roses! Yellow garlands were climbing the trees: the day it was a grace scented with gold in a golden awakening of life ... Among the bones of the dead, God opened his yellow hands. JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ (Spanish poet)
Primavera amarilla
Abril galán venía, todo
lleno de flores amarillas...
amarillo el arroyo,
amarilla la senda, la colina,
el cementerio de los niños,
el huerto aquel donde el amor vivía!
El sol ungía el mundo de amarillo
con sus luces caídas;
¡oh por los liros áureos,
el agua clara, tibia!,
¡las amarillas mariposas
sobre las rosas amarillas!
Guirnaldas amarillas escalaban
los árboles: el día
era una gracia perfumada de oro
en un dorado despertar de vida...
Entre los huesos de los muertos,
abría Dios sus manos amarillas.
JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ
(poeta Español)
Well, April certainly takes the cake as being by far the worst (photographically speaking) months so far in Japan. Very few decent shots, and no very good ones. Disappointing. Just have to wait for the rain clouds (metaphorically speaking) to blow over then.
Came back on Monday from a trip to visit relatives in Kanazawa on the west coast of Honshu. I didn't take the birding lens, so no bird photos, but I did manage to pick up 4 new species: in addition to the ubiquitous Asian House Martins, there was one Crested Kingfisher (awesome bird, ultra-cool and a lot bigger than I had expected: halfway inbetween a Sacred Kingfisher and a Kookaburra); one male Eyebrowed Thrush (absolutely gorgeous thrush, stunning) and a Brown Dipper (had great fun watching one feed (I think it had a nest nearby) and wondered how they manage to stay underwater).
Which, naturally, brings me to a photo I took at Shinrin Koen of these Spring Leaves. I mean, go figure? I couldn't resist the temptation to overprocess this one: over saturate, it fiddle with the colour a little bit. But in the midst of a bright green forest, it did look as spectacular as it does here...
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." ~Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
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Three-cornered Garlic (Science name: Alium triquetrum). Brown's Folly, Avon Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, Bathford, near Bath, Somerset, England