It’s been so beautiful here lately, and I have to admit that I’m liking it on some level even though we are in a serious drought. Everything is blooming! I must get out and take more of “spring” because it definitely has sprung early!
My lack of knowledge of foliage is obvious in that I can’t name most of the flowers I am photographing, so I’m always up for identification. It was a mostly cloudy day actually with a few spots of sun shining through thinner areas of clouds. Another softbox in the sky day!
Laura Macky Photography 
March 12, 2014 at 9:00 am
My that was quick, nice bit of blossom – Apple?
March 12, 2014 at 9:01 am
Yes, one rain and blossoms! There are no apples on these trees, so I’m really not sure what they are. One of my friends is a Master Gardener, so perhaps she will chime in. 🙂
March 12, 2014 at 9:11 am
can’t help with the ID but I can say I love it…
March 12, 2014 at 9:20 am
Thank you 🙂
March 12, 2014 at 9:23 am
Oh, Laura, thank YOU! We are in the middle of a blizzard here and to SEE flowers puts tears in my eyes. This has been one very long and brutal winter and it is just not leaving. Bless you for these gorgeous photos!!! (((HUGS))) Amy
March 12, 2014 at 10:04 am
😀
March 12, 2014 at 9:25 am
Aren’t you lucky! We are in for 30cm of snow today. Die winter!!!!!
March 12, 2014 at 10:05 am
yuck! I do miss some rain here but I have to admit mid-70’s is kinda nice lol
March 12, 2014 at 9:28 am
The photo says Spring all over. It’s wonderful that you get to experience this beauty a bit early this year. Can’t wait until it’s our turn over here in Colorado.
March 12, 2014 at 10:05 am
I’ll bet! Blowing some blossoms your way…
March 12, 2014 at 9:28 am
I love abundant blossom photographs. The outer pink buds are so beautiful. Just curious, since I am new to following you, where are you located. It is looking a lot like spring here too (southern California) and we are in the middle of a drought, severe drought, wondering if you are close by. I spent about 2 hrs on Saturday photographing “spring” in my mother-in-laws garden, what a treat.
March 12, 2014 at 10:06 am
We are 20 minutes east of SF. It’s been in the 70’s lately! Crazy but nice at the same time. We have a severe drought too although probably worse than yours since we send all our water down to you haha. 😉
March 12, 2014 at 9:48 am
beautiful and spring is here also and am so happy to have longer days and warmer weather.
March 12, 2014 at 10:06 am
yay 😀
March 12, 2014 at 11:47 am
Beautiful Laura.
March 12, 2014 at 11:55 am
Thank you! I love spring. 🙂
March 12, 2014 at 12:01 pm
I love the spring too 😀
The mood goes up, when we see so much more to the sun and are able to enjoy time outdoor without feeling cold.
March 12, 2014 at 11:59 am
Very nice capture. And of course the composition is spot-on. Bravo my dear!
March 12, 2014 at 12:20 pm
Thank you!
March 12, 2014 at 1:19 pm
Count your Spring blessings – we are heading into a single digit couple of days here. Just the right amount of depth of focus ion this one.
March 12, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Yikes! Where are you? Thank you re the DOF. 😀
March 12, 2014 at 3:38 pm
Laura, I’m in central Connecticut – mid-state, so I do not get the benefit of tempering from Long Island Sound. Yikes indeed – I have only a few days worth of wood remaining for the fireplace.
March 12, 2014 at 3:58 pm
I hope it passes quickly for you.
March 12, 2014 at 5:35 pm
I can’t even remember how long now, 4 or 5 years of drought in New Mexico. Fortunately we had a forward looking government that put in place good water management, some years ago. I don’t know those lovely blossoms either, but I see them here as well.
March 12, 2014 at 5:37 pm
Wow, that’s a long time! Thank goodness you had good water management. Someone said they thought it was a crabtree.
March 12, 2014 at 5:42 pm
It certainly looks like that, thank you. Like yours, ours don’t get fruit either, so must be some sort of hybrid, ornamental,fruitless crab apple. 🙂
March 12, 2014 at 5:44 pm
lol sounds like an oxymoron…fruitless crab apple!
March 12, 2014 at 6:02 pm
Very nice. Lots of trees were blooming before we left the Bay Area last Wednesday. We’ve seen only cloudy skies and rain in Taiwan. Saturday should be an improvement. The weather bureau forecasts sun and warmer weather.
March 12, 2014 at 6:07 pm
I’m so glad for you! It’ll be great for pics. 🙂
March 12, 2014 at 9:29 pm
Beautiful image…spring seems like a dream that happened a long time ago…this endless winter goes on and on. More snow today…sigh… 🙂
March 13, 2014 at 5:33 am
Lovely photo. The thing is, there’s always someone who will know what this is.
March 13, 2014 at 6:28 am
Thank you 🙂 Two people shared that it was a crab apple. Guess that’s what it is. With no apples!
March 13, 2014 at 7:53 am
Spring hasn’t sprung yet here in NYC it’s 19 degrees today and it’s windy so it feels much colder. March is always unpredictable.
March 13, 2014 at 8:07 am
I’ve been hearing about your weather. Hope it clears soon!
March 13, 2014 at 1:12 pm
I love blossom photos. MM is right – I think it is an apple or cherry blossom?
We are in drought here also right now. About 95% of our state and part of a neighbouring state. Farmers are having to kill their livestock and their farms are going to the wall.
Even here in town we have dead patches in our lawns and cracks are appearing everywhere. Houses are moving on their foundations and doors are sticking. It’s amazing how much we rely on rain isn’t it?
March 13, 2014 at 1:16 pm
Wow that’s incredible. 😦 I know our farmers are struggling and food prices are sky rocketing. The earth is definitely changing.
March 13, 2014 at 1:19 pm
Well it is and it isn’t. Australia has always had drought. Helen McKellar wrote “I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains. Of ragged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains”.
It’s always been that way. In the past couple of years we have had ravaging floods and now the cycle is turning once more. It’s just a shame to see the human suffering that the weather causes.
March 13, 2014 at 1:22 pm
Oh I see. Here in California we’ve had droughts before but it’s been a long while I think. And certainly nothing like what you’ve experienced in Australia. It is a shame when people suffer. I always thank my lucky stars that “so far” things are ok here. After that 1989 earthquake, I don’t take anything for granted! That scared the living pants off me!
March 13, 2014 at 1:23 pm
See, you can keep your earthquakes to yourself lol
March 13, 2014 at 1:27 pm
Shake, rattle ‘n roll baby! 😛