InSpring: that feeling.
And how do I
express, convey, record, or transmute it?
Because it pervades, it’s the air, it’s
heavy lilac scent and a
rabbit disappearing
under a hedge, it is birdsong, breeze-on-cheek
and buttercups,
wild-seeded on the margins.
We feel it underneath the
blessing of leafed-out branches,
light
suffusing through the veins,
and neurons…
throughout.
I can try.
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Photographed at Bellevue Botanical Garden, 04/22/2016
bluebrightly 
I look forward to your photographs…it’s as if Nature autographs each one!
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🙂 The colors were very beautiful on this outing but I thought I would see what happened with monochrome. Thanks!
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Love these, and the poem!
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Thanks Sue, I’m glad you liked them.
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How? This will do nicely.
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😉
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Monochrome feels absolutely right for this selection. I like it.
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It can be a stretch to leave color behind at this time of year – but I’m going to process more photos from that day in color. I’m glad you liked these this way Louis.
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Words and images capture Spring deliciously and both are excellently poetic.
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I was thinking about how we try to record what we experience in a garden in Spring, but it’s so much more than the photos we usually take. I thought about different ways to convey the whole feeling – like shooting up and into the light, from underneath the Japanese maples, etc. Thank you for the compliment –
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It’s amazing how beautiful a photo of a flower can be and yet how much it misses of the actual flower…as you say. I definitely *felt* spring in your post.
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A beautiful time of year conveyed so well!
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And soon I’ll be seeing Spring in New York…thanks Patti!
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So excited for you Lyn and can’t wait to see your views. Safe travels!
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Lynn, your images perfectly convey the feeling of spring, and I too love the poem. 🙂
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Thank you!!
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what a beautiful post. the monochrome images make them seem timeless – like the first spring, and everyone thereafter…
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That’s a nice thought! Colors are so beautiful now, but black and white expresses something a little different.
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Wonderful series. The last image feels especially special 🙂
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Ah, good. My favorite of the bunch, and a little different than the others.
I’m in NY now, but with previous little time to spare – would have been good to meet. Next time!
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This is a very personal look at spring. So glad you took it.
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🙂 Thank you, Linda –
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