Spring

Usually I'm excited about spring, every year I'm looking forward to seeing the first signs of spring. I'm happy when the cold starts to go away and it's time to take out my spring clothes and shoes. It's been like this since I was a kid and can still remember the joy we felt (yes, I'm not alone with this), when we were allowed to take out our training shoes and get our spring coat. It was a blessing to wear something lighter that those winter boots and winter coat, that was needed as we had snow for months and temperatures sometimes reached -25C. After such a cold, the difference between winter and spring was quite significant.

What we're experiencing lately, can't be compared to those times. Winter is too mild, I don't need my winter coat anymore. We hardly ever have snow, so gloves are useless as well. Kids don't even know what a healthy snowball fight looks or feels like and they can only enjoy skiing or sledging, if their parents can afford to spend some time at the mountains. I used to spend my winter vacation out sledging and building snowmen every single day, till my gloves, pants and coat was frozen ans had a thick coat of ice on them. Those days are long gone and kids these days can only walk in the mud, or on the asphalt.

After such periods, I was always happy to see the weather warm up and buds to appear. This is not a secret, I've stated this several times before, but the truth is, I love buds more than I love flowers. In some cases, buds can have a nicer texture and color than the flower that opens from the bud.

What you see on the photo is a Japanese quince. I took these photos after a good rain and was lucky to capture the raindrops as well.

The flower is red when it opens, but as you can see, the petals of the bud are greenish at this stage and you can see the veins as well.

The truth is, I've never been able to take any decent photos of the flower when it was open, due to the bright red color, those photos are always awful, but the buds look amazing on the photos.

These photos were taken almost two weeks ago and even though nights are sill cold, it's close to freezing point, it gets warmer during the day, which means these buds most likely are open now.

These wild cherry flowers are always symbolizing spring. I think it's safe to say there's no spring without them, or violets. I'm always trying to take a few photos of these beauties and the only year I missed the blossoming was during the covid lockdown.

Ok, there was another year, when I was ready to go out to take some photos and there was a huge storm overnight and these delicate flowers did not survive. All the petals were on the ground in the morning and I was left empty handed. Since then, I know to not waste time and take the photos when I have the first occasion as there may not be another one.

The truth is, this year I could not enjoy these flowers and buds. They are just as beautiful as ever, so most likely I'm changing.

I've been working and studying like crazy and most likely I'm starting to burn out, or lose interest in nature's beauty, which is a shame and can never allow that to happen.

These are pink and although I hate pink, I find these more beautiful than the white ones. The leaves at this stage are brown, but will turn green (I think) after the flowers wither away.

Look at these beauties. How can you not love them?

Another funny thing is (I mentioned this before, in my butterfly post), that quite often, when I see similar beauties, I think of how cool it would look as pattern on a blouse, dress or shirt. I hate pink, but I think I'd like a shirt with this pattern.

There's one more thing that I'd like to photograph this spring and that's the wild apple blossom. Those are a bit darker pink flowers and open a bit later.

This is the flower parade for today and most likely the last for awhile. I hope you like the photos :)

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