This spring has been sputtering to gain warmth, so here are some late springtime photos I took over the last few years to inspire us here in the midwestern United States that spring will really blossom again!
Category Archives: Spring
Happy First Day of Spring!
Natural Lines
Here are more springtime images that I shot last spring… I’m starting to see buds around here in the midwestern United States again!! Have a joyful Sunday.
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Pear Tree Blooms on Sky
First I smelled the powdery pollen; I looked up and had to stop and take this photo yesterday:
By M. H. Campbell
Copyright 2015
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Ca-Bloom!!!
The plants are bursting out! Ka-boom. Yeah. 🙂 That’s what I’m taking about.
By M. H. Campbell
Copyright 2015
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Awakening Blue
As I ran past a grove of trees that had these blue flowers all over, I saw these two blossoms on the sidewalk! I wanted to preserve the beauty in the wood by not picking the flowers, but since someone had already picked it, I took it home with me and gave it water. I love how the glass caught the light.
Under the trees, there were mounds of them blossoming: hundreds of blue announcements that spring has arrived!
By M. H. Campbell
Copyright 2015
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Tendrils Emerging
Fat buds makes me so happy. Have a wonderful Tuesday!
By M. H. Campbell
Copyright 2015
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Spring Curves
The sap is rising.
Soon buds will burst upon us.
For now, we get to enjoy the softening shape of the trees.
By M. H. Campbell
Copyright 2015
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Spring is Nearly with Us
I found this on the sidewalk this morning, and it brought a smile to my heart. Spring sent a messenger that she is on her way!
By M. H. Campbell
Copyright 2015
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Cigarette-Butt Clean Up
What was he thinking? Smoke a cigarette in the sub-zero whether, throw the cigarette-butt in the snow drift and scuttle back inside…Didn’t he remember the snow would melt!? Well, the snow has melted and uncovered much trash and cigarette-butts on the patch of muddy-grass in front of my building.
For a few days, I just was happy it was warmer, so I didn’t let the trash bug me. Then, last Saturday, I made a plan…I had had enough of seeing this old sweatshirt laying in the street for two months, so I stuffed two bags in my pocket before my run and headed outside.
After jogging a couple miles, I felt ready to clean up “my” patch of grass. I slipped a red bag over my hand (because I hadn’t found rubber gloves) and started picking up candy wrappers, drink bottles, and over fifty cigarette butts; at first I passed them by, but then I thought, “They will take forever to decompose, so I should just pick them up.” Some were all soggy and falling apart, while others seemed pretty new.
A few people said, “Hi!” as they passed; one guy guffawed at me, but I ignored him. Another guy said, “You see all that trash down on the next block? Well, the wind is going to blow it down here!” My response: “Well, I can just help a little bit by picking up this trash…”
It brought me joy to see that muddy patch of grass all cleared and ready for the grass to turn green and vibrant in a few weeks. Spring cleaning in the city is a bit different than in the country, but it is still cleaning that needs to be done. I’m just glad the spring weather is here!
(And I forgive the smokers who littered all over that grass; just know: whatever you throw into a snow pile WILL show up in the spring. Take those cigarette-butts inside next winter!!)
By M. H. Campbell
Copyright 2015
Trees of Transition 