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Tag Archives: spring
Silent Sunday
WPC: Place in the World
Hallelujah Chorus
After a cold, dark winter of gray-brown dormancy, the earth barely breathing, waiting faithfully for renewal and warmth that certainly must come, spring starts slowly; then quickly, it becomes a rushing torrent of life. Brought on by moisture and warmth, … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, Country Living, My Photos
Tagged birdsong, gardens, hallelujah chorus, nature photography, photography, spring, spring flowers, woodlands
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Silent Sunday
Posted in Field Notes, My Photos
Tagged bud break, fiddlehead fern frond, nature photography, photography, Silent Sunday, spring, tree buds, woodlands
80 Comments
Harbinger
I heard my first red-winged blackbird today. My official harbinger of Spring!
Posted in Field Notes, My Photos
Tagged harbinger of spring, nature photography, photography, red-winged blackbird, spring
96 Comments
What I Need
What I need right about now… …because I’m having a bit of resistance accepting ‘what is’ today… Spring is officially 34 days away. I’ve got a while yet to go, so I’m going to have to deal with what’s happening … Continue reading
Posted in Field Notes, My Photos
Tagged 'what is', acceptance, contrast, freezing rain, ice layer, nature photography, photography, spring, weather, what I need, winter
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WPC: Symbol
“Symbolism is uniquely human. We use symbols to represent intangible things like our beliefs and emotions, and to convert the abstract into something understandable. We may also use symbols to simplify and convey information.” To me, the Red-winged Blackbird is … Continue reading
Ferns Unfurling
The unfurling of fern fiddleheads in spring is one of the things I look forward to every year. To me, each one is a work of art. Above is a lovely reddish-bronze Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) named for its quick demise when … Continue reading
Posted in Country Gardening, Field Notes, My Photos
Tagged Athyrium filix-femina, Christmas fern, Cinnamon fern, ferns, fiddlehead ferns, Lady fern, nature photography, Onoclea sensibilis, Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda claytoniana, Polystichum acrostichoides, Sensitive fern, spring, woodland ferns
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Four Seasons
This weekend we took a ride to Bullitt Reservation to take my fourth and final photos in a series showing the four seasons from the same vantage point. Along with the ground blackberry that kept snagging and scratching my ankles, the black … Continue reading
Renewed
It is such a joy to be outside these days with the birds calling from nearly every tree and bush, I’m thrilled to be alive to witness the renewal of another spring. After this past, bitterly cold winter, these warm, sunny … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, Field Notes, My Photos
Tagged Erythronium, migrant birds, red-winged blackbird, river, spring, sunlight, trillium, violets, warblers, Waterfall, wildflowers, woodland flowers
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