I went back out to Mt. Gilead Cemetery this afternoon. It was not a nice day for tromping around in graveyards. It was chilly and wet and dark. It was good to get out in the fresh air, though. And I was able to find and photograph a grave for someone, so Mission Accomplished!
It feels like Spring today. The grounds crew were putting out fresh mulch this morning, the birds have been singing their fool heads off, and the daffodils are starting to poke their green shoots out of the ground. And, of course, the rain. It’s a nice sort of rain, though.
That pretty much sums up my day. There was even thunder and lightning!
It is currently 35F, and the grounds crew are mowing.
That is all. As you were, comrades.
We’ve actually had a very lovely spring, so far. It’s been a little chilly, and though the rain is kind of annoying, it’s good for all the growing things. It’s a nice change from the past few years, where we skipped spring entirely and went straight to summer.
As much as I hate the constant rain, rain, rain, there is a pay-off.
There are several dogwoods and what I thought were crabapple trees lining the field behind my apartment complex. There’s a lot of shrubby, scrubby, brambley undergrowth in front of the trees, so it’s hard to get close enough to them to get pictures. I managed it, though, and had the most wonderful surprise. They weren’t crabapple trees, but something else entirely. They’re covered with bell-shaped flowers that smell divine. After some Googling, I think they’re Russian olive trees.
I’m still amazed at all the new greenness. It was especially vivid today, because of the rain.
I took this at a little after 8pm. The sky was a deep grey (teal here, thanks to Photoshop) with little white clouds skudding along. It was kind of creepy, because they were moving from southeast to northwest, while the grass was flattened by ground level wind moving in the opposite (and normal!) direction.
This was taken with just the +10 macro filter on top of the Lensbaby. It’s my favorite of the test shots.
It’s really windy today, which didn’t help, especially since I was using macro filters. Every movement is literally magnified.
When I left for work this morning, there was a bank of clouds starting to move in from the west. There was still enough clear sky in the east at sunrise for the windows across from me to sparkle, but it was pretty hazy and you can see the clouds starting to pile up in the northwest. As the day progressed, the clouds thickened, and this afternoon, the wind picked up just before the rain started.
It ended up being a non-event, storm-wise, but the rain was welcome. My little seedlings are just starting to stick their heads above ground. I was getting worried, because the soil is heavy and full of clay. I wasn’t sure they’d be able to force their way up.
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