Thank you for your kind visit and your comments, my friends :-))

One of the best things about retirement is having time to savor nature as a season comes and goes. Instead of looking at the walls of an office, I can look at a rose : )

Have a Get Out and Have Fun Weekend, Flickr Friends !!

(Nikon, 300/4.0 + TC 1.4, 1/500 @ f/10, ISO 1400)

First Wild blossom of spring.

Waterfall on river Dobra, Donje Stative, Croatia

River Mrežnica, Keići, Croatia

Not too long to wait now and something to look forward to on a dark winter`s morning.

There's nothing quite like the show of lilacs in the spring. They are not only pretty, but they smell heavenly. I just love these flowers! HSS!

Edited with an impression filter (Monet) in Topaz Studio.

Crochi sulle sponde del Lago Pratignano

Beautiful petals

And color scheme.

Among the loveliest

Ever seen.

Such is the flower

Of one’s dreams

The iris

Is a floral queen.

by Walterrean Salley

(Second verse)

Such grace in this iris...originally against a white background, why did I do that?!

Enjoy the week FLICKR friends, thanks for stopping by...Pat...xo

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downtown while blue hour

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Superposition de printemps

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Out and about on my daily stroll after a short but sharp shower. Things are certainly starting to burst into bloom.

Snake's-head fritilllary

Dillos &Parrots &Dragons, Oh My!!!

Spring is around the corner and the mating season is in full swing here in Florida with the snowy egrets in their plumage and will continue through May.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Thank you for your visit and support!

Springtime.

Many of the flowers that you connect with springtime are actually bulb flowers, planted back in fall.

Please NO MULTIPLE INVITES or GLITTERY graphics!!!

large view on black ...

photo 118/365

april 15/2009

Blue Tit, garden, The Netherlands

Parents feeding the young ones

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We visited St Raphael on the Riviera yesterday for a very long lunch with old friends of my partner. On the way and not too far from where we live we drove through a huge field crammed full of poppies. We went back there this morning so I could take a few snaps. This is one of them. The land was flat and it was difficult to capture the full majesty of the acres of red poppies. Perhaps they're better just viewed from the confines of a passing car and left at that?!

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Kingfishers - Norfolk

Many thanks to all those who fave or comment always very much appreciated

taken at Elvion in Second Life

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My nectarine tree is flowering beautifully at the moment.

Thanks for your visits, kind comments and faves, very much appreciated.

Court Hey Park Liverpool April 2022

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Tulipa (Liliacee)

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Tulipa agenensis Redouté

Nome comune: Tulipano occhio di sole

Genere: Tulipa

Famiglia: Liliaceae

The official start of Spring is still about six weeks away in the Northern Hemisphere. So for those of us in the snow belt, here's an image from the Spring 2020 archives to provide perhaps a bit of warmth in the interim.

HSS

Happy month my friends <3

Springtime

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Created for Award Tree's May Scapes Challenge 205

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Photography is my own. Filters are from Photoshop.

Thanks everyone for your views, comments, awards, invites and faves.

crocus and galanthus

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