"Springtime," by George Vicat Cole (1833-1893), a painting admired by Millais, who made sure it was hung in a good position at the Royal Academy exhibition. It's now at the Manchester Art Gallery. https://victorianweb.org/victorian/painting/colegv/paintings/2.html #paintings #spring #landscape

“Fringed Yellow Tulip” — A yellow fringed tulip flower about the blossom.

Although I’m no expert on flowers, I am a fan of photographing them, especially tulips as they transition from buds to newly-blossomed flowers. (My lack of expertise is something of a family joke. “those are tulips, right?”, I might ask every spring.) This was one of the last we photographed on an early spring visit to a local garden where thousands of them are growing. It is a “fringed” tulip, a type with a remarkable and complex fringe along the edges of the petals…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/04/04/fringed-yellow-tulip/

Been out for a walk - we have a community green space at the edge of the village and not far from our house. Sitting listening to the birds was great - we can often hear the woodpeckers drumming and the owls from our own garden

#FotoVorschlag ‚TGIF‘ und die Sonne lacht.

Fr/En

De l'arbre ou bien du fruit
Lequel vint en premier ?
Le printemps sans un bruit
Fait fleurir les pommiers

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Is it fruit or tree
Which came first on earth?
Soft spring secretly
Gives appletree birth

Marlène Thibaudault

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#poésie #poesie #poetry #pomme #printemps #pommier #spring #appletree #apple #photo #nature #mastoart #mastophoto #photography

Timberlane County Park

Martin County, Minnesota, USA; traditional territory of the Wahpeton and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ nations / Original 360° photos at https://www.SouthernMinnesotaGuy.com

Bird of the Day — Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler, Arizona 2025

#WindowFriday
About a hundred y/o vintage building sitting empty since the Pandemic in Snoqualmie, not too far from the Falls.

https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/framed-by-pink-blossom-ez-lorenz.html

I send thanks to the buyer from Washington who purchased a canvas print of

This Was Our Shangri-La -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/this-was-our-shangri-la-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

May the artwork take you to a place of deep thought and contemplation.

Made a lovely spring walk. I love to visit local graveyards, as beautiful flora is omnipresent, and people are omniabsent.

Have a great weekend!

Frae the bud leaves are breakin
Trees are dauncin, branches sway
Blossoms in the wind are blawin
Spring has come tae flooer the day…

—Donald Smith, “Scotlan’s Spring”
via the Scottish Poetry Library

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/scotlans-spring/