Showing posts with label new buds of spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new buds of spring. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Too Many Photographs

It seems that the combination of a few factors has resulted in my having far too many photos on my computer. I can't keep up with them!

Frank recently got himself a new camera - the same but upgraded version of the one he gifted me with a couple of years back. Along with that lovely machine, he purchased two wonderful lenses which are fully interchangeable with the two fantastic lenses I have. This means that on the days when we're together we each have four incredible lenses from which to choose, and we tend to approach this novelty much like a couple of kids entering a candy store. Neither of us has stopped snapping pics everywhere we go. Combine this with the lovely weather we've been experiencing and you can imagine how many photographs are just waiting to be shared. Far more than my usual planned blog posts of twice a week plus Wednesday's POTW.

Sooooooooo, I've decided to start posting a bit more often. I'm not going to commit to a schedule. I'm just going to try to set some posts more often and attend to the POTW as usual (when time permits) on Wednesdays. This way, I can share my photos with you before so many weeks have passed that we're into autumn and I'm still trying to catch up with spring.

And with these new blogging intentions in mind, here are a few images which still show some early spring growth. Though we're well into flowers which have blossomed profusely and fully-foliated trees, I still had these baby buds waiting to be shared.

And so I shall.



tulip
Tulips are long gone, but this one was particularly pretty and needed to live on in a photograph.




wet tulips
More tulips - after a small rainfall.





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One month ago, trees were still rather sparsely decorated with blossoms and young leaves. Here's one of my favourite views - looking out at the pond on a hazy day.



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New growth was still emerging from the tips of branches everywhere - like here.



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And here. If you look closely, you can see a couple of raindrops clinging to the tiny buds.




leafy shadows
I liked how light and shadow played with these slender leaves.




Willow
One of two wonderful willows which mark either end of the pond. They look beautiful in the late day sunlight - particularly in spring and autumn.