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I'm sorry for being MIA all week. It's just been one of those awful weeks when I just want to drop everything and go chill on a beach somewhere. I did get some quality time with my 3 week old nephew yesterday though (I'm lucky that my oldest brother and his little family live really close to me, so I'm there every opportunity I get). He's such a cutie pie and I'm a seriously proud auntie! Being with him and my sister in law totally brightened up my week. :D
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One of the sure signs of springtime is when the Camellia Japonicas burst into bloom, bringing forth starbursts of magnificent red, vibrant magenta, soft pink, flaming vermilion and pure white.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “patterns in nature” was chosen by Cheryl, Cheryl - Vickypoint.
These four Camellia Japonica blooms I photographed in the Fitzroy Gardens one bright Friday after work in September last year.
Camellia japonica, known as common camellia, Japanese camellia, or Tsubaki in Japanese, is one of the best known species of the genus Camellia. Sometimes called the rose of winter, it belongs to the family Theaceae. It is the official state flower of Alabama.
Just on the edge of the Melbourne Central Business District\'s formal grid of streets, you will find the beautiful Fitzroy Gardens. A haven of green with avenues of elms, lush rolling lawns and beautiful seasonal plantings the gardens are populated with various buildings and points of interest.
In spring, the central avenues lined with elms have beds of daffodils and jonquils spring up from beneath them. Their beautiful golden yellow and crisp white colours are always a welcome sight when they burst forth for they herald the arrival of spring in Melbourne.
The Fitzroy Gardens was named after Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy (1796-1858), Governor of New South Wales (1846-1851) and Governor-General of the Australian Colonies (1851-1855). The Gardens have a long history of over 150 years, few other capital cities can boast such a significant garden so close to the City\'s centre. As crown land the City of Melbourne are the custodians to preserve and oversee this magnificent garden, visited by over 2 million local, interstate and international visitors each year, it is one of the major attractions in Melbourne. It features many beautiful statues, a bandstand, the Temple of the Winds, a conservatory and Captain Cook\'s Cottage.
In one frame, everything Springtime came together for me one morning in April. Spring buds were just starting on the bare trees as a farmer tilled his field. The spring planting was only a couple weeks away for what would be the August corn crop. In the distance, Shippensburg school students wrapping up the Spring semester wait at the crossing while a Norfolk Southern train passed through on the Lurgan Branch. Spring means ballast trains are running again, hauling stone cars to and from the quarry in Birdsboro, PA for track projects across the rail network.
"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's Party'"
- Robin Williams
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee
Taken last spring, these delightful buds are from the Crabapple tree in our front yard. I can't wait to see them flowering again in a couple months!
Springtime changes so quickly depending on weather and which cat is perceiving it. Pepper here thinks it is going to start raining again any moment, and why don't I open the front door and let us both in... completely ignoring the daffodils. Happy Caturday theme 20 Mar 2021 (Vernal Equinox) "Spring." And he made Explore! Starting at 375.
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Explore #2 08/04/2021
Springtime sentinels - Golden dawn light at Buttermere catches the springtime sentinels and the slopes of Haystacks, whilst the long shadow of Fleetwith Pike casts a dramatic backdrop to this iconic Lakeland scene.
Remarkable golden colours on the early morning fells for springtime; one of my favourite locations in the lakes and just so wonderful to see it like this once again.
Lake District, Cumbria
I wanted to make this shot for a couple of years now but never made it because; no time when the conditions were perfect, no great conditions when I had time.... well you probably recon it if you are not shooting photo's on a professional base.
But finally everything fell into place and I could frame this gorgeous rural spring scenery.