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Day 135/365: Violets in The Lawn

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Spring Violets

The west side of my yard has a large patch of violets blooming, they are so pretty, so tiny that I don’t want to mow them over. So I’m using them as an excuse for why I haven’t mowed yet. Most were a purple violet in color, but these were the only white violets in the yard. A mutation? Don’t know, but I thought they were special.

BTW: For regular followers I decided to change my header yesterday, with my theme of flowers lately it only seemed an appropriate header for spring,…I’m already thinking of my summer header…

Day 131/365: Magnolia Tree Blooms in Spring

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My spring flowers continue, I’m so happy it’s spring, color is starting to peak out from their buds and this magnolia tree was just starting to bloom. Five out of the next seven days will be of flowers and blooms. Every year I venture out to this tree to take photographs of the buds in full bloom, but magnolia trees are persnickety. The petals fall off so fast and if we get a strong wind, which in Nebraska we often do, they blow off before I get a chance. But this year it’s going to happen. I will have my camera at the ready.

Magnolia tree flowers in spring
Day 131: Flowering trees

So glad I started this 365 Project, gives me a reason, or an excuse some may say to take pictures without guilt every day. If you have a favorite Magnolia tree I’d love to see the photos. I love spring, flowering trees give me such hope for the future and the season ahead. I’m really a warm weather person and when the Magnolia trees start blooming then I know summer isn’t far behind.

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Day 126/365: Welcome Spring!

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Day 126: Wecome Spring!

I have been waiting for a beautiful sunny and breezy day to take a picture of this banner on my friends porch. It just shouts spring, and we finally had the perfect sunny spring day. So welcome spring!

Image straight out of camera (SOOC)

Photoshop CS2 edits: It was such a sunny day and I over exposed the image, so I decreased the brightness, adjusted the contrast and cloned out the artifacts in the upper left corner that were distracting. It’s now a lot more striking. I love Photoshop!

Day 124/365: Spring Daffodils

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Day 124: My daffodils are blooming!

My garden is starting to bloom, I’m so excited! These were the first daffodils of the season and I thought they deserved a special highlight. I’m going to see how many flowers I can take photographs of this season, most will probably not be in my yard, but around town, ahhh, I can smell the fragrance of lilacs already.  So if anyone from Elmwood see’s me crouched around your bushes it’s just me and my photography addition.

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