Showing posts with label spring photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring photos. Show all posts

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Cactus Flower





Even the cactus




the thick-skinned, unattractive, prickly cactus




is capable of delicate, outrageous, unbelievable beauty.


There's a lesson in there somewhere, don't you think?

"Every spring is the only spring — a perpetual astonishment."
Ellis Peters
British writer, 20th century

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

In Transition (Hello Spring!)

With apologies to those of you still staring out at a snow-dusted world, 
here are the latest scenes from my little neighborhood. 
Maybe they'll warm you up.

Butterflies are finally staying still long enough for a photo op...


Splashes of sunshine, not just drops...


Grapevines sprout leaves...


...even as last season's grapes refuse to give ground ... er, stem.


Splashes of clover, just in time for St. Patrick's Day...


Easter-egg-blue sky and wakeful moon...


I have no idea what these are, but I like them!


Green, waking, stretching, growing...


Oaks are waking up, too...


Sparrows traveling in teams...






And last but not least, the Tufted Titmouse stopping by to say hi...