Twice as Nice

Bright pink cherry blossoms reflected in a tranquil pond—
I'm not an especially religious person, but if more people 
found God in the springtime, I could certainly see why.

[To see more weekend reflections, visit James's meme.
For more of the Saturday PhotoHunt, visit Sandi's meme.]

Skywatch Friday

As long as we're still in the garden,
we may as well look up and enjoy
the gorgeous weather and the
cherry trees in (almost) full bloom.

[To see more Skywatch pics, go here.]

Signs of Spring

The thing I love best about this season
is when all of the flowering trees
burst into beautiful bloom. Just to put 
things in perspective, I took another shot of 
this very same crab apple tree back in January.

 [Today's Thursday Photo Challenge is "spring."
To see more, go here.]

abc wednesday —N is for "Not Allowed"

In Venice's Correr Museum, all manner
of things are proibito.  I'm sure I don't have
to tell you which of these rules I broke.


[To see more ABC Wednesday, go here.]

Traveling Tuesdays

Rome is at its most mysterious late at night—
and you may even find that you have
 the Trevi Fountain all to yourself!

[To see more Tuesday Travels, visit Sandi's meme.]

grape hyacinths

There are hundreds of these carpeting
the ground under the lilac bushes
in my local botanic garden—it's
a feast for the senses!

[It's Blue Monday. To see more, visit Smiling Sally.
It's also Macro Monday—find more at Lisa's Chaos.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

Went to a huge flea market down in
Virginia last week.  Naturally, what caught
my eye were (what else?) these shadows.


[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.]