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Images from Lexington Cemetery (Original Post) alfredo Mar 2020 OP
These are lovely, alfredo. I love the soft light. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #1
For good color, some clouds helps, but I had to work to bring out the colors and shadows alfredo Mar 2020 #3
Thanks for sharing your visit! Talitha Mar 2020 #2
No, thank you. alfredo Mar 2020 #4
Spring! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #5
My Peonies are up and ready to feed the ants. alfredo Mar 2020 #6
We'll be there in about ten weeks. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #7
The shoots are about 6 inches tall alfredo Mar 2020 #8
Any bulbs around here are fortunate 2naSalit Mar 2020 #9
I fear I may have missed the crocus. alfredo Mar 2020 #10
Some of ours bloomed last week but more are coming up. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #11
I can check out the arboretum/ alfredo Mar 2020 #12
I don't mind because what they may lack in brilliance the make up with texture. alfredo Mar 2020 #13
That's true. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #14
My rugged days are over with my vertigo. I went manual lens to alfredo Mar 2020 #15
I'm thinking mine are near. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #16
I guess at 75, one slows down. alfredo Mar 2020 #17
I'm a little 2naSalit Mar 2020 #18
I lost 40 lbs 4 years and my joints sing hosannas alfredo Mar 2020 #21
these are lovely photos mike_c Mar 2020 #19
Thanks alfredo Mar 2020 #20

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,308 posts)
1. These are lovely, alfredo. I love the soft light.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:50 AM
Mar 2020

Thank you so much for getting out of the house.

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

2naSalit

(86,071 posts)
9. Any bulbs around here are fortunate
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:37 PM
Mar 2020

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.

2naSalit

(86,071 posts)
11. Some of ours bloomed last week but more are coming up.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 11:42 PM
Mar 2020

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.

2naSalit

(86,071 posts)
14. That's true.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 12:32 AM
Mar 2020

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

(60,065 posts)
15. My rugged days are over with my vertigo. I went manual lens to
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 12:34 AM
Mar 2020

take advantge of my new reality. Nice and slow.

2naSalit

(86,071 posts)
16. I'm thinking mine are near.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 12:50 AM
Mar 2020

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.

2naSalit

(86,071 posts)
18. I'm a little
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:37 AM
Mar 2020

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.

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