Here's a zoomed photo from this morning...

Just got back from a photo-hunting walk.  

The wild phlox are beginning to bloom.

Lately, I've been snapping many lilac photos.  On sunny days you get many shadows, of course.  I try not to look at them too long or I start seeing weird designs.  This photo I liked because it looks almost like the lilac branch was taken into a studio and placed in front of a light blue background.   

Taking a break from lawnmowing to blog a couple of photos taken today...

Here's another macro shot from a few days ago. 

 I almost decided to delete it but then decided I liked it.

Here's a couple of cloud photos taken today, 

this one in the morning...

And, this one in the evening...

Yesterday I took some more violet photos with the macro lens...

I liked the focus of the above violet so I cropped it out of the photo below...

Macro shots are fun because you often get a lovely blurred background that looks like a watercolor painting.

My camera has a "poster effect" setting which I don't use very often but decided to today on this patch of dandelions...

And, here's a shot of lilac buds taken a couple days ago, looking dark because of a cloudy sky...

Photo taken yesterday,

 just because I liked the colors...

Yesterday afternoon I took my first macro (close-up) shots of the season...

We have drab gray clouds overhead today so I am enjoying this photo taken yesterday.  I chose to make the photo larger because the sky IS pretty darn big, probably the biggest thing anywhere.

When I was a kid I sometimes looked for pictures in clouds.  I rarely do that anymore but do so if you want to.

Today was our first truly warm day, so I spent quite a bit of time outdoors taking photos.  Here are some of them.

Maple bud bouquets...  

First butterfly of the season...

Ash tree leafing out...*

Pine tree buds...**

Snoopy me zoomed in on a few neighboring farm fields, too...

 Count 'em, this planter will plant 24 rows at a time...

*I didn't give this caption the smaller lettering.  It happened on its own and I can't seem to fix it.

**Ditto for this caption.

Photo taken this evening...

A zoomed photo from today...

I wasn't going to take anymore photos of the daffodils, but this morning's light seemed just right, not too bright to cause glare on the white petals.

I spent some time removing dirt specks in Photoshop and was pleased with the results.

Was out for a walk this afternoon 

and decided to zoom in on these far away trees...

The photo turned out a bit blurry.  Instead of hitting the delete button I tinkered around and tried to make the scene look like a painting.

Here's part of a drive-by photo I took today while on the way to get groceries...

I love the willow trees' green of spring.  It was nice to see the blue sky, too, as its been hiding behind gray clouds for the last several days.