Day 150

     The first flower of Summer. And a treasure of my childhood.

Day 135

     I absolutely love Western Meadowlarks. Sturnella neglecta. Their song is beautiful, their coloring is beautiful and they always signify the glorious days of spring and summer to me. I feel like the bird itself is sunshine. I've never been able to get a picture of them, as they sit in the high pine treetops and scare easily. You can always hear them, all throughout the day and evening but they're hard to find because they're notes carry so far. When I do get to see them, I fell so lucky and so happy. The other day when it was raining, I saw one a far off bathing in the wet grass, and it significantly improved my day. And today I got closer to one than ever before. This time, it was sitting on a Yucca, not using it's classic song but letting out a few notes here and there. And it calmly watched me as I watched it, slowly approaching. It didn't startle, even when my sister called out for dinnertime. Eventually, I went and had my desert, after I had watched it fly away.

Day 134

     The colors of the earth are so much more brilliant when it's raining. Thought most people (as well as photographers) stay in, I head out with a large umbrella and my camera. And in the process see some beautiful things others never get to.

Day 131

     Forecast said that it would rain today. Nope, it snowed all day! An unexpected spring surprise!

Day 123

     The days of Summer.

Day 110

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Day 109

     What better sign of spring than a duck?

Day 108

     I just love rain!

Day 106

     These are the days for bare-footedness.

Day 104

     Such a lovely day outside. I want so badly to just lay in the long-awaited sunshine. But I am stuck inside, inside behind the curtains, studying.

Day 101

     Beautiful day. Beautiful enough to wear short sleeves and shorts! As I came out of the library and saw it was overcast, I expected it to be cold. But it wasn't. The flowers were out and it was extremely nice. These are from a Magnolia tree, some of my favorites on campus.
     While I was sitting on the benches under these trees, doing homework, a man came over to me, as he had seen my camera, and we talked for a good half hour about photography. I don't know his name or how old he was, but it was extremely pleasant to talk with someone about a shared passion. Amazing how much you can learn from other people, particularly strangers.

Day 96

     I love those days where the shadows grow long and the light is warm.

Day 95

     Spring popped! Where there were buds yesterday, there are blooms today!
     Zero grain. I zoomed in 200% and couldn't find any. I am so ridiculously excited.

Day 84

      Strange weather today. Snowy, rainy, slushy, cloudy, snowy, sleety, rainy, sunny.

Day 82

     Ho, Hum, Beautiful Day. And that is definitely not reflected in my photo.  Not one of my favorites, I did not put enough effort into it to like the end product.

Day 81

     A true sign of spring: small children playing with bubbles in the grass. I was a little hesitant to take pictures of the adorable child, as I did not have permission from the overly pregnant mother, but the bubbles stayed in the grass long after he left, and I had plenty of fun taking pictures of them. Darned camera could not focus on the bubbles itself, but I enjoy manual focus so much more. Luckily, the bubbles were patient and held still until I was done taking pictures.
     And by the way, zero color adjustment on this one. All I changed was the levels to make the bubble "pop".

Day 80

Spring? Are you really here yet? Every time I think you are, you fool me.

Day 69

     Ahhh, Spring. You are finally here. And though you're welcome, you make me kind of homesick. Got to fifty degrees today. And I wore my celebratory Spring outfit, with skirt and sandals. People looked at me like I was crazy and was going to freeze, but I feel spring, and nothing's going to stop me.

Day 63

     Trees, trees, trees. I just love trees. And spruces and pines remind me of home. I feel spring coming.