Weekly Header Challenge -- Signs of Spring

It's time for the Weekly Header Challenge!

"Headbanger" Participants

Fishing Guy 

Kathy 

Imac 

Lew

I'm joining the group above for this weekly challenge.

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Theme ~ Signs of Spring

Chosen by Lew.

Hot off the press!  I took these SIGNS OF SPRING this afternoon.  I thought there might be some spring-y-ness at the Morton Arboretum, and a young lady friend of mine was up for a walk, so we spent an hour and a half freezing our fingers off together (47 degrees F on the thermometer, but a stiff wind made it feel frigid!), walking and snapping, snapping and walking, oohing and aahing over every little (or huge) sign that spring is on its way.

Brought to you, fresh and lovely and all things spring, first off is the image I used for my header.

Enjoy the rest of these, my featured images from a cold day's walk and a promise of warmth and color and spring!

Ground-growing scilla.

Downy woodpecker.

Red maple buds.

 

Two little pink magnolia trees were in bloom!  I had to shoot up into the sun, so I got creative with the images.

One small field of daffodils was making every effort to burst forth in yellow!

Crocuses peeking up through the leaves.

Red Japanese anemone popping up among some blue scilla.

White forsythia.

Fuzzy buds on the magnolia tree.

Finally, I leave you with these fitting images, of lenten roses, appropriate for this season before Easter Sunday.

It may not feel like it outside, but spring is here!


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Christine

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Weekly Header Challenge -- White

It's time for the Weekly Header Challenge!

"Headbanger" Participants

Fishing Guy 

Kathy 

Imac 

Lew

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Theme ~ White

Chosen by All of Us!

I had this post all ready to go on Monday night, just without the comments...  And then life happened!

Here's my header image, uncropped:

I chose lots of nice, sunny, white flowers to feature, since we just had a ____ last weekend, and the ___ is finally melting away.  I refuse to use those words associated with white--you know, cold, white stuff that falls from the sky in winter...

Here are some other white things.

Faded white keys from a pump organ...

Parchment paper wedding paper...

Okay, okay, what's white?  This is...

I took that winter shot earlier this year, but it's what it looked like around here last weekend.  I'm not ready for snow yet!!


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Christine

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Weekly Header Challenge -- White

It's time for the Weekly Header Challenge!

"Headbanger" Participants

Fishing Guy 

Kathy 

Imac 

Lew

I'm joining in the group above for this weekly challenge.

Click on the other participants' blogs to see

what they've come up with!

Theme ~ White

Chosen by Tom.

For this week's theme, I stuck to using images from this year alone.  First, here's the image I chose to use for my header:

Now, when compared to the image below of Fernando snowblowing the driveway, this header image doesn't look as white.  But, I'm so tired of snow, and so ready and happy to have temperatures in the 50s moving into our area this week, that I didn't really want to feature another image of snow and cold.  So I chose my homemade cinnamon roll to share with you.  It was delicious, by the way.

Here are a few more pictures of white things:

A beautiful wedding dress:

Whipped topping (yes, there is ice cream underneath!):

My dishes have a beautiful design in them, and here is the teacup and saucer, waiting on some hot chocolate.

That's it for this week's post--short and sweet!  Have a beautiful spring-y day!!


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Christine

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Weekly Header Challenge - Spring is Coming

It's time for the Weekly Header Challenge!

"Headbanger" Participants

Craver VII 

Fishing Guy 

Katney 

Imac 

Lew 

I'm joining in the group above for this weekly challenge.

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what they've come up with!

Theme ~ Spring Is Coming

I needed some color in my life!!  I was happy, to say the least, with this week's theme.  We've had our third worst winter in recorded history here in Chicagoland, and many of us are longing for something other than white, and now, brown.  I was perfectly happy to choose the brightest, most colorful sign of spring that I could find.  Here is my full image, below.

Spring crocuses.

Birds returning to our area are also a welcome sign of spring.

Robin -- the iconic sign of spring.

Swans at a local bird rookery.

Geese at a pond at the end of my street.

For the past several years, the first birds we see as a sign of spring are Mr. and Mrs. Mallard.  They apparently live in our back yard, and our pool is their pond.  I hope they return this year, since our pool was a casualty of the many days of subzero weather.

Other animals emerge in spring, too.

Back to my header--flowers!  Anything green and growing is most welcome by this time of year!

Emerging day lilies.

Buds on a flowering tree.

Daffodils!

Crocus.

Scilla, a spring bulb with little blue/purple flowers.

Strawberry plants.

After the strawberry plants emerge, here is the yummy late spring blessing!

Planted in the autumn, garlic sprouts up in early spring.

Other signs of spring are rain.  The below, from last year, was too much of it.  This street, one of three main north/south arteries through our town, was closed for two or three days.

We found these duck eggs at a local park last spring!

The first day of grilling is an awesome spring day!  The below was our Resurrection Sunday meal; grilling has become a (very short so far) tradition.  If we continue the tradition this year, it's on April 20, so I really hope it won't be our first grilling day of the spring.  :)

Thanks, Lew, for choosing a theme that helps us all remember what we're looking forward to!


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Christine

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Flowers on the Hill | Wisconsin Website Photographer

I spent an amazing day at the Farm on the Hill, and got to witness two incredible sunrises.  Skip the fact that I promptly went back to sleep after I saw each one.  ;)

Today, I'm featuring the images I took with my macro lens.  Remember; they're not weeds.  They're wildflowers.

Want a print?  Be sure to visit the print art galleries section of my website.

Flower images -- click here
Farm and country images -- click here


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Christine

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