Images from Lexington Cemetery

[alfredo]

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Spring Beauties


They carpet the ground.


The structure to the left is the base Henry Clay's tomb.


Heavy clouds were no deterrent. I had to get out of the house

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. These are lovely, alfredo. I love the soft light.

Thank you so much for getting out of the house.

We all need to do that now and then--safely, of course.

[alfredo]

3. For good color, some clouds helps, but I had to work to bring out the colors and shadows

Thanks

[Talitha]

2. Thanks for sharing your visit!

[alfredo]

4. No, thank you.

[2naSalit]

5. Spring!

We're still getting snow here, but the bulbs are all up.

[alfredo]

6. My Peonies are up and ready to feed the ants.

[2naSalit]

7. We'll be there in about ten weeks.

[alfredo]

8. The shoots are about 6 inches tall

[2naSalit]

9. Any bulbs around here are fortunate

enough to have been planted by folks who know that if you plant bulbs near a building foundation, they'll thrive and come up long before a lot of other things.

I like to go looking for early wildflowers and blooming trees in the mountains. The trees are budding, coralroots will be up in a few weeks. I like to seek out our native orchids, there are about 18 kinds in the state that I know of, coralroots are one of two kinds that grow here.

[alfredo]

10. I fear I may have missed the crocus.

[2naSalit]

11. Some of ours bloomed last week but more are coming up.

The daffodils and whatever else my landlord has planted that looks like them until they flower, those are all up and about 10" tall. We're expecting some warmer weather during the coming week so things will start looking a little more lively around here. Kind of tired of the dreary winter colors.

[alfredo]

12. I can check out the arboretum/

[alfredo]

13. I don't mind because what they may lack in brilliance the make up with texture.

[2naSalit]

14. That's true.

I've found that I focus on texture and contrast in light far more during winter where the rest of the year color is a major factor. I'm just ready for some color, it's been a hard winter, psychologically and spring's color always cheers me up. I'm ready for it. Plus I will be more fond of being outside when it warms up a little more. Didn't feel like being rugged outdoorsy this winter for some reason.

[alfredo]

15. My rugged days are over with my vertigo. I went manual lens to

take advantge of my new reality. Nice and slow.

[2naSalit]

16. I'm thinking mine are near.

It took years for me to learn that I can't just do everything myself. Now I have to learn that enough is enough and I should stop pushing myself. I'm not an athlete anymore.

[alfredo]

17. I guess at 75, one slows down.

[2naSalit]

18. I'm a little

behind you there but I put great strain on my skeleton and it makes me feel like I'm 102, but I'm not quite 65 yet. Still, I'm feeling the urge to consider a slower pace these days.

[alfredo]

21. I lost 40 lbs 4 years and my joints sing hosannas

[mike_c]

19. these are lovely photos

[alfredo]

20. Thanks