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It’s Spring!!
For all of us in the northern hemisphere, March 20th marks the Vernal Equinox, the beginning of Spring. This is one of the two days each year when the night and daylight hours are virtually equal. The other happens in September. This is a time of rebirth and celebration as the earth awakens from her winter slumber, flowers and trees bloom and the temperatures begin to warm the ground and our bodies. Of course, all of us who suffer from allergies will be sneezing a bit more and in between the spring rains everything will be covered with pollen….but Skippity Doo Dah ~ it’s getting warm again folks!! 🙂 It all happens at 1:32 p.m. EDT….let the celebrations begin!!
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Easy On The Eyes
I love these flowers!
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Here They Come
Here they come…. Long, slender leaves……. A brilliant yellow color…….. Trumpet shaped flowers…… Announcing the arrival…… Spring! Daffodils!
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Signs of Spring
These little guys are everywhere….. My day lilies are pushing through the soil……. …..and a sure sign spring can’t be far off….robin redbreast running around the yard looking for worms…… Spring ~ Bring It On!! 🙂
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Outside My Window ~ 2.21.10
Outside My Window…is blue skies, sunshine and 38ºF. And we have had a moisture free weekend…that makes two in a row. Our forecast high is for 57ºF today. Our next chance of rain is Monday afternoon and evening. Our next chance of snow is Thursday with a forecast of a few snow showers. But our high for that day is forecast in the 40ºF range, and because of the previous days of 50ºF plus weather, I doubt it will cause too many problems. I believe we are getting a little late in the season for snow to impact us too much until spring. That doesn’t mean we won’t get a…
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I Miss Flowers
This flower image is one I took with my point and shoot last May. It is from my aunt’s amazing garden at her home in North Carolina. It is much larger than my outstretched hand ~ and I have big hands! I took some photos Wednesday afternoon with my new camera and wasn’t happy with any of the shots. As I was trying to decide what I wanted to post, I ran across this image and couldn’t help but think….I miss flowers. I’m really looking forward to spring.
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How Cool Is That!!
I was contacted Friday by a company that makes plant tags ~ they want to use my Daisy Gardenia photo for their tag!! This is an image I took in May of last year….not too long after I picked my camera up again after many moons of being away. I wouldn’t call this my best shot….but apparently it fits their needs. How cool is that!! 🙂
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Morning Glories
Kate from A Picture a Day and Chronicles of a Country Girl has been experimenting with collages recently. She has inspired me to post one of my own……a small collection of my morning glories. I have taken these at various times. If you click on the image, you will get a larger view. Check out the flower in the upper left ~ I didn’t even notice the spider/cob web surrounding that flower until I began to process it. I wasn’t actually that close when I took the photo so I missed it during the actual shot. I thought it looked pretty cool. Don’t you like it when you get unexpected surprises after taking a…
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Outside My Window ~ 8.16.09
Outside My Window…is a nice morning……sun is shining….a slight breeze…..81F with 68% humidity. Yea, I’m wishing the humidity wasn’t that high. Wow, I just saw on the weather channel we have had almost 4 inches of rain so far this month…and I have noticed the tropics are picking up ~ three now. We are heading into the real hurricane season now. It officially starts on June 1st, but things usually won’t get interesting until mid August and they can get even more interesting as we approach mid September. It is perfect weather for storms to blossom in the ocean. For people who live near the east or gulf coast, the…
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Red, White, Blue with a little bit of Yellow & Orange
Yippy Skippy….my largest tomato finally started turning red today! I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to turn and at the same time deciding if there was such a thing as a healthy fried green tomato. We had another round of thunderstorms this afternoon and as I often do when I get home from work after a round of storms, I check to see if “everyone” survived in the garden. I was thrilled to see this flash of red on an otherwise green bush! I applied CoffeeShop Vivid Action on this photo……yes, I’m still having way too much fun with these actions. For my white selection, I have a…