Our April showers paused just long enough for me to take a walk this afternoon and snap some photos of our spring blooming trees in honor of Earth Day.
My fingers are crossed hoping these wet days really will bring more May flowers…
Happy Earth Day 2014
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Gorgeous photo, I love it!
Thank you. 🙂
Love the lighting on the photo! We have the same kind of trees outside my apartment building, but they are just now starting to bud out, no flowers open yet. Happy Earth Day to you too!
Thanks Ruth, I’m happy to hear you like this photo! Ours just opened in the past few days so I’ll bet yours will be ready soon. 🙂
Beautiful! 🙂
Thank you Andy, it was during a nice break in the clouds. 🙂
Nice 🙂 We got too much wind here still and occasional sprinkles, hoping they’ll go away soon so i can enjoy the flowers like this 🙂
Sending you calm weather wishes. 🙂
Thank you ;D
Such a delicate pink flower. Do you know what type of tree it is?
I think it is either a flowering Cherry or Plum but I’m not sure… every year I mean to look it up or ask a garden center but haven’t yet. 😉
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.
Thanks Ruth, Happy Earth Day to you. 🙂
Great idea to post such a lovely photo for Earth Day!
Thanks Rusha, it was a spur of the moment photo opportunity!
Squee!!
This makes me happy too!!
Please send some rain south to California!!! Our wildflowers will be wilting soon.
I’ve heard your drought is getting really bad, sorry!!!
BTW – Great picture! The water supply improved a tad with the last storms but I’m not planning to put in any new plants anytime soon.
Perfect lighting and beautiful blooms. Great for the Earth Day!
Thanks Amy. 🙂
this up shot is really special – beautiful for being flowers and all that – but this little cluster you shared – of like 7 blooms – has the two little leaves topping it off and then the bent brace holding it has an artsy feel – and then – blurred int he background you have two solid tree tunis and hints of more blooms – such a sense of balance – “balanced spring beauty” I call it.
and this may just be “me” attributing this because you said it was raining, but I think the flowers also have a heavier, damp feel – or it may be the dim lighting you gave us – but it adds to the warmth of this photo. If I had one photo for earth day – this would be it – and wow, what a nice shot!!!!
Once again Yvette you read this photo exactly like I intended. 🙂 I’ll admit to shifting the lens around and around looking for a composition I liked and finally chose the one that purposefully included all of these elements! Thanks for your nice comments!
Really gorgeous blooms. Lisa. 🙂
Thanks Sylvia, I look forward to this tree blooming every year. 🙂
They are just gorgeous Lisa! You’ve captured them so well. Love the colour! 😀
Thank you Sonel! This tree is one of my favorites and I’m glad I was able to share it with you. 🙂
Pretty pink petlas of Spring … lovely
Thank you Isadora. 🙂
Beautiful flower. Strange we have one day to celebrate our only home planet, but honor other things with a whole month or week.
A great point George, everyone should really honor the earth every day…
Jumpy claps for spring blooms!
Time for a happy dance!
Never was there a better reason for one!
🙂
gorgeous colors ~ lovely image!
Thanks so much, it’s great to know you like it!
😀
This is perfection, Lisa! And you reminded me that I really should use my Flickr account more 🙂
I’m glad you like it Jo! I check into Flickr a few times per week and like the relaxed community. 🙂 Also, it’s interesting to see what people chose to view in a format that doesn’t include as much description of each image compared to here at WordPress.
Love spring!
Thanks, so do I. 🙂