Spring
Unrequited Love
This was a quirky combination. Start with new sprouts on this very young tree. Add it’s location; growing next to the one remaining strand of old barbed-wire fence. Top it off with some unusual light.
It was enough to make me stop, stare and snap. I thought it would work best as a high-contrast, monochrome image.
This is another image gathered while tromping through the woodlands not far from out home.
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Wild Yellows
As we tromped through the woodlands in search of morel mushrooms, these yellow flowers caught my eye. I found a couple pockets of them in a marshy area.
The late afternoon light was hitting them at the right angle to make them stand out.
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Early Bird Breakfast for Two
Our pair of Eastern Bluebirds enjoy a breakfast of juicy mealworms every morning. This scene seems to suggest a little friendly competition between the sexes. Notice them holding up their worms to see who snagged the most sumptuous fare.
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The Daffodil
Is there any flower so bright and perky as the Daffodil? One of the first to bloom…and whither in spring.
My good friend, Tood Lohenry, recently asked me why he couldn’t find any daffodils within my photo galleries. That was a good question. Last Saturday, I spotted some nice daffodils on someone’s lawn in Algoma, WI and snapped a few – photographically speaking.
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Spring Enchantment
The sunset and high clouds created a magical moment of enchanting color.
This was taken last Saturday in the farm field across the road from our rural Kewaunee, WI home. I have taken many photos of this tree because it offers some interest and perspective to the beautiful sunsets we can experience. I often wish there was an old barn or a little white chapel between me an the sunset. Until something else pops up, the tree will have to do.
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Grass Mustache
It’s springtime in Wisconsin. As the grass is greening up the little critters are also returning to life. On a walk a few weeks ago, I was surprised to find this fuzzy guy already out. It seemed unusual enough to me that I thought a picture was in order.
I’ve studied this photo and can’t figure out which end is the head.
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Future Bleeding Hearts
New life is springing up all around our place…finally. I had stepped outside to snap a view of the sunset and, as I often do, just walked around our yard with my camera. The vibrant color of this new growth on the bleeding heart plants in our flower bed caught my eye.
Eventually the buds you see in the large photo above will produce flowers like the ones shown on the right.
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Spring’s Serenade
According to Wikipedia… In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition, and/or performance, in someone’s honor. Serenades are typically calm, light music.
The warm background tones, combined with the vivid color of spring’s first emerging leaves, really appeals to me. It has a light and airy feel that reminds me of a classical music composition.
These are truly the first leaves of spring, photographed on a walk through some woods near my home. I posted another image from this same walk entitled: The Scarlet of Spring.
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Woodland Flora & Friend
Ladybugs all dressed in red
Strolling through the flowerbed.
If I were tiny just like you
I’d creep among the flowers too!
~Maria Fleming
This photo was taken in some woods not far from our home. It’s still early spring here and this small stand of early bloomers were a welcome sight. The ladybug was an added bonus. The surrounding trees, just starting to sprout leaves, provided a gentle filter for the afternoon sun.
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Just the Two of Us
This handsome pair of love birds – or…ummm…bluebirds – showed up early this spring. We have several bluebird houses around our yard and expect these (and more, hopefully) to raise a brood, as they have the last couple of years.
They are sitting on the edge of a stoneware bowl that I stock with a treat of mealworms for them each morning. It’s set on a post about three feet off the ground. As you can see from the lilac bush behind them, the leaves are just starting to sprout in our neck of the woods.
I took this photo remotely. I had my camera on a tripod about 20 feet away from the birds…while I watched from the window in our pantry (probably 40 feet in the opposite direction) and pressed my wireless remote shutter button when I saw the birds at the bowl.
Watch for more of this pair in coming days…and through the summer; now that I’ve got them trained to pose for me.
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