Oh hush..........we have snow. Your photo's are really nice, they look real. Pray for nice weather for us.

"They look real?"  Missy?

LOL 

Right outside the office door!

It was either step out and take flower photos or hop in the car and throttle a banker.

I took the flower power route. Less paperwork.

I know they ARE real, but I meant such a good shot you can see the fuzz on the panseys, first photo. LOL

Missy,

I am starting to love that camera.  Close up setting for flowers in bright light, and all I had to do was hold it still.

And the Azaleas are starting to bloom.  And the dogwoods.

Best time of the year to shoot landscaping, IMO.

Mike, Beautiful pictures. You're so funny - and yes, it is nice to rant from time-to time.

Mike, I am so ready for all the beautiful flowers!!!  Great pictures as well my friend.

MIKE, I love your flower rant but I LOVE flowers.  It is so exciting to see everything coming out in full bloom.  I love the spring!!

This is a great rant! I love gardening and have two packs of pansies ready to go in the planters. Beautiful photos.

Darleen,

Thanks.  Was it that "banker" thing?  :D

Ray,

Thanks.  You gotta love spring!

Marchel,

After last year's drought, with everything all brown, the bursts of spring color are even more welcome than usual.

Debbie,

Thanks!  Fill those planters!   They will make you smile.

Mike,

Now THIS is my kind of rant!  What beauty there is in God's creation when we take the time to look.

Mike in Tucson

Mike,

I thought of your desert flowers post after I put this up.

Have a great day!

MIke!  Duke Gardens are one of the prettiest places this time of year - love these picks - glad you decided this route as opposed to the throttle for the Banker!  Oh My!

Eleanor,

LOL  I just KNEW you would feel that way...

I need to get to Durham with my Camera, don't I?

Mike - I always had you figured for being a pansie!....just kidding! How ya been, man?

Rich!

I'm more a Nasturtium sort of guy, with leanings towards portulacas...

Doing great!  Thanks.  :D

Yeah, you are a 'Nasty' kinda guy! :)

Mike, Very nice photos of the flowers....looks springtime.  Hopefully, in Michigan it will be spring sometime very soon. 

Rich,

Hey!  I resemble that remark!  LOL

Gary,

Spring will come your way, right on time.  I just like Carolina Time a little better...

Hi Mike,Spring has sprung, clocks moved back to normal and the bees are out. Gotta love your rant!!

Keith and Robin,

Thanks!

Yes, indeed, all the good stuff of Spring is coming together.

Yellow pollen hit today!  How Nice!  LOL

I heard that Wake Forest next month is having a herb fest and showing how you can landscape with them and still use them in your foods. I am excited.

The world need more people to rant like you.  Thanks for the pics

Susan,

Sure, a lot of herbs make very attractive plantings.

Paddy,

Thanks! And you are most welcome.  We do what we can....

beautiful photos....  LOVE the first one.   Mother nature bring it on!!!!!

Desiree,

Thanks!

One word:  A-Z-A-L-E-A-S   Azaleas.

Getting tuned up for some SD card churning!

Mike,

I have been taking film photos for many years. I like the film reacts to light, and I became quite accomplished using that medium. As film became scarce, I was forced to acquire a digital body for my Nikon lenses. I chose a D80.

It does a journeyman type job, I like the convenience. But I miss the "pop" of transparency film!

Cheers.

Richard,

If your eye is good, you can get more from film, sure.

I don't have a good enough eye, and I like that I have over 4,000 photos on Flickr with no developing cost.

I have been thinking of breaking out the film camera just for fun, though.

Thanks for coming by!

Nice pix, Mike!

Saw your ad on the home page of A/R today. Awesome.