My daughter's beautiful roses. She loves gardening, she is a blessing to me.

Amsel (Turdus merula) Blackbird

Springtime on Ditchling Common

tiny lawn daisies with the Salish Sea and mountains in the background.

A family enjoying the sunshine at Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire UK.

...and a few springtime raindrops too!

After a long day being kept away from photography but taunted by the good weather I got out in the garden and ended up with this

Taken in Gilstead, WYorks, UK

Please try the UP arrow @ top right

Sincere thanks to all who view, comment upon or make a favourite of my shots, for each is a help and pleasure in equal measure. Phil

Created for the Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces

152nd MMM "SPRINGTIME" Challenge

Love and Flowers Bloom in the Springtime.

Good morning everyone. Just a simple collage of some random photos taken this Spring while out & about. Starting in the upper row on the left is Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata) one of the first woodland flowers to bloom each Spring, followed by tree bark of a River Birch (Betula nigra) then a Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata).

Second row from left to right is a Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae), my first of the year of a returning Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) and last but not least, an American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), which was quite large...a good 6 inches (15 cm) in length.

As for the above photos, I also posted them individually in the comment section and my stream for better viewing, and in the later you'll also find some text describing each.

As always, don't forget to click on "view previous comments" if you don't see the additional photos in the comment section. Even better, scroll to them by clicking on the arrow thingy to the right of the above pic. And if you want to view any picture in the comment section large all you have to do is click on it.

Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly great first week of May.

Lacey

The Red Kites have started their springtime courtship with fabulous aerial displays.

I love it best when the pair tumble from the sky with their feet entwined then separate to pull out of the dive at the last minute.

Rebirth from Nirvana

Cherry blossoms in mid May in Vancouver

Will be on and off Flickr as I will be busy with grand kids for a while

A damp and misty forest scene at Roan Mountain, North Carolina

Molshoop in de lente

We just about had this RV park to ourselves

macro view in the garden

Blue crocus flowers displaying all their spring charms for all to see!

Out on the Bikes yesterday in the sunshine and came across these Springtime Flowers along the Hedgerow.

May 2018 in Hesketh Park.

this is an idea I've had for a couple of months, slowly brewing in my head. the design is really about finding happiness and inner peace, for me at least.

orange poppy version here! votes and comments welcome.

Passing springtime dandelions, an Iowa Northern freight heads south through Rockford, Iowa, on May 21, 2014.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oyuwiIZJvQ

Channel Islands coast beach used by various diving clubs, at dawn on a white-bright crisp clear and quite cold morning. Later on we attended church, had lunch with friends in Castel then all flew up to Hengistbury Head to watch powerboat racing. By then everyone was freezing so we headed for home finally to sprawl before a beautifully-scented applewood log fire at Louis's New Forest cottage..

...you make me happy! =))

Taken in early May 2018 in Valvehouse Draw. Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Bannock Range mountains of southeast Idaho.

Spring is on the way, even though the UK appears to have gone mad about the snow. Here in the Wyre Forest area, we only have a light sprinkling, so far!

Springtime