The Second Day of Spring.......Pictures!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

And now it really looks like it:









Even in spring, there is decay:

[Call Me Wesley]

1. Great pictures!

Love the depth of the field.

Some camellias open here, but still a few days until everything really blooms.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thank you, my dear Call Me Wesley!

I was deliberately playing with that. I hoped to achieve the shallow, micro effect.

I was pleasantly surprised at how many things are blooming...

:hi:

[lunatica]

3. I love those photos

Especially the lovely play of light in the first one.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thank you so much, my dear lunatica!

I'm so glad, sweetie!

The yard has places for sun and shade...I have a great time looking around.

[Paradoxical]

4. Here's the second day of spring in Phoenix...

Not very springy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear Paradoxical...

And that is how it looked here, this morning.

Like winter!

I was amazed, and gratified, to see our storm moving on...

I hope spring weather will soon be hanging out with you!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

9. That's what it looks like today in Silicon Valley

Little moments of sun and hard, driving rain with cold grey skies...back and forth, back and forth, back and forth...my least favorite kind of day. I can handle a grey day and I can handle a sunny day but hate schizophrenic days.

[nolabear]

5. SO lovely, Peg. you have a great eye.

And let's hear it for SPRING!!! We need some renewal and rebirth, don't we?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you so much, my dear nolabear...

It's not hard to take great pictures when everywhere you look is beautiful...

We most definitely need renewal and rebirth!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. Great shots, CP...

...I wish my world were a little closer to those pics and a lot further from my actual reality.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear Amerigo Vespucci...

Thank you, sweetie...

I wish your world were like that too...

:hug:

[rbnyc]

12. I wsih I'd taken pictures.

We had a snow storm this morning.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear rbnyc...

I guess it's not too late for snow...

It IS an effort...and then I'm glad I made that effort. The results are normally worth it.

:hug:

[liberaltrucker]

14. Very hope-inspiring pics, Peggy!

Alas, it still looks winter-drab in western PA.

But, it was 68 today and some trees are starting
to bud. Also, we started our tomato seeds over the
weekend. Mortgage Lifter Beefsteak and Black Krim.

Come July, YUM!

:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear liberaltrucker!

Your garden sounds wonderful!

We all need something to keep us going, keep us hoping!

I'm glad you enjoyed seeing my pictures, sweetie!

:loveya:

[OhioChick]

16. Beautiful, Peggy

Keep those Springtime pictures coming. :)


60 Degrees here today with a snowstorm coming AGAIN on Thursday. :(
I'm beginning to think that Spring is never coming here....and I have cabin fever so badly. :(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear OhioChick...

I can't believe you're still getting snow! WTF!

But I was thinking of all my snow-bound friends when I took these...

I wanted to remind you that inevitably, inexorably, Spring Will Get Here...

Yes, it will...

I'm glad you enjoyed these!

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

[Bombero1956]

18. this was our first day of spring

:banghead:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear Bombero1956...

Oh, I am so very sorry!

I just can't believe you're still having snow...

You must be sick to death of it! Spring will come, I promise...

:hug:

[lukasahero]

20. Hey neighbor!

I was just about to post something very similar. Can you even stand it?

:rant:

[Maine-ah]

21. I like your second day of spring better than mine!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear Maine-ah!

Ah, that's a wonderful picture, but not for the second day of spring!

I'm sorry you're still having so much snow.

Glad you enjoyed my pictures, and I'm sure you will soon have similar conditions yourself...

:hug:

[Bombero1956]

23. 2-4 inches more predicted for tomorrow

I really shouldn't be surprised but I can't help but be disappointed. To me there's nothing worse than getting a taste of nice sunny warm weather and then take 10 steps back to cold dreary snowy weather. It's like dangling a piece of meat in front of a dog.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Well, of course you're disappointed...

It's supposed to be Spring, and damn it, where's our Spring weather?

But the seasons are inexorable...

The snow will stop...eventually.

:hug:

[denbot]

25. Great macro work Miss CP

Sunday Alley and I check out Pollywog Park on the way home from shopping and the play gound was under a couple of feet of water.
Spring, Meh!!!

PS how's the ticker treating you? Or the other way around..
:hi: :hug: :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear denbot!

I guess Pollywog Park is a natural sink hole!

I do love the macro setting on my camera! It's easy to use, and the pictures make me happy!

The ticker's fine; a new antiarrhythmic drug did the trick.

Glad you enjoyed the pics, sweetie!

:hi:

:hug:

[6000eliot]

26. We have snow on the ground right now.

Your pictures are beautiful, Peggy.

[meow2u3]

27. Winter refuses to let go

Snow, snow, time to go
Spring is here, pal, don't you know?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. My dear 6000eliot...

So much of the eastern part of the USA is still in the hard grip of winter...

I'm sorry!

But I'm glad you enjoyed my pictures...