These daffodil yellow ride-share bikes have started to crop up around the neighborhood.
Tag Archives: spring
Meandering through the ‘hood
Every morning (usually late morning) the pups and I meander through the neighborhood. They sniff and do other doggy stuff and I take my camera and do some visual sniffing. Every day different things catch their noses and my eye. Today was a mountains and blossoms day.
It felt like someone flipped the switch and now it’s really spring.
Meander
Spring is in the trees
Harbinger of spring
Today it’s back to overcast, but yesterday was spectacularly beautiful, if chilly. I was glad because my son and a friend are visiting for Chinese New Year and I was afraid they would only have crazy weather. I saw these out walking the pups. I hope they don’t freeze off.
Time to wash the windows
Physically and metaphorically my life is in need of a little spring cleaning. After a stormy winter the view is a little cloudy through my windows.
I keep putting things off. It always seems like something else is a higher priority.
Maybe tomorrow I will get the windows washed…at least a couple of them.
Window
Changing Seasons
This time of year our weather seems to have a split personality disorder. Some days, or parts of days, are spring and others winter. Last Saturday spring was showing.
Light and Warmth
This is an experiment. I took three pictures of each subject one with the sunlight coming from behind, one from the side, and lastly front lit.
Driftwood and crocosmia leaves:
Backlit crocosmia leaves.
Side lit crocosmia leaves.
Front lit crocosmia leaves.
Dandelion:
Back lit dandelion.
Side lit dandelion.
Front lit dandelion.
Cherry blossoms:
Back lit cherry blossoms.
Side lit cherry blossoms.
Front lit cherry blossoms.
Daffodils:
Back lit daffodils.
Side lit daffodils.
Front lit daffodils.
It is interesting to see the effects side by side. In general I tend to like the back lit and side lit ones a bit better. What do you think?
Bliss
Spring in Seattle: Blossoms, bees and books.
Verinbrunalis
Not very clever: it is Latin for “spring in winter”. It’s happening right now in Seattle. The news is full of blizzards, and for some that is marvelous (see post by Karyn here), but here the air is full of the scent of daphne odora and “that plant that starts with an ‘s’, smells divine and blooms in January”.
The leaves and buds of bulbs are thrusting vigorously up through the mulch of partially decayed leaves…but winter is not necessarily over. This little party will end with a shift of the wind. In some ways that makes it all the more precious. For that reason it is also accompanied by a sense of urgency to get outside.
This differs from what we call the “pineapple express” which is warm but comes with a lot of rain.
Got to go and enjoy!
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Play Lexicographer.”
XingfuMama 