About this blog:
We love traveling. We always capture tons of pictures from wherever we've been and we like sharing our traveling experiences with our friends. So, this is how this blog began - as short stories with pictures in an attempt to share where we've been and what we've seen. Even not stories , but just notes. Nothing serious and big. Mostly I'm writing these stories on a rush and sometimes even don't have time to re-read them. So, I apologize in advance for possible typos here and there. There can be some factual errors or inaccuracies and they even might be corrected one day. Don't hesitate to contact me if you find something that needs to be fixed and don't expect these notes to be a perfect novels ;) The stories in this blog are not in chronological order, but I will try to remember to put the date of the trip. So... welcome to this blog and, hopefully, you will find something interesting and have the same feeling we had when we were there. Let's go...
And... by the way... all pictures and texts in this blog are protected by International and USA Copyright laws, so if you'd like to repost or use something on your page - contact me first.
Using anything published here without permission is violation of the law and... it isn't really nice...

Monday, April 1, 2024

To rush or not to rush...

Just a week ago everything looked so promising. And some trees responded to the call of spring and started unwhirling the flowers, and it looked amazing. You remember these pictures, don't you? Click here if you want to refresh your memory - Bright and fresh... The next thing, as we all remember, was almost a foot of snow covering the ground and destroying those who were in a hurry to show up... Even though the snow melted quickly, the damage was done... Believe it or not, but this is the same tree on which the bee collected nectar a day before...

 
But most of the plants survived without major loss. The leaves are tougher than fragile petals and look even stronger after a cold shower...




These yellow flowers are so light and delicate... Most of them were completely destroyed by snow (just look at the next image). You know they reminded me of my military service looong time ago. Soon after we, young boys, were drafted and joined the army we learned a very important rule... The rule of obedience, or, better said, the rule of disobedience. 'Never rush to carry out an order given to you, it could be cancelled at any time' our older mates taught us... And of course they were right... delaying the execution of the orders saved us all a lot of time and effort ;) Believe it or not, that was exactly what I wanted to teach these trees last Saturday, when I walked around and observed all the damage the snow had done to these beautiful flowers...




Thorny rose branches remind you - pictures only! Do not touch!


But those who waited for an even better opportunity got their chance to shine once the cold snow disappeared.



Sometimes you can see the craziest things if you look... really closely...




The lilac's buds are incredible. They are different and the most amazing thing is the flower buds hidden inside the leaves ;)



You know you can fish using these... if you are really desperate ;)


I have always been fascinated by juniper berries that look like little gems. But I was even more surprised by them when I looked at them through the macro lens. Aren't they amazing?









More and more buds are opening every day... More and more flowers are opening up... This is the best time of the year to just wander around with the camera and... take some pictures ;)






Pictures were taken on March 30, 2024.

No comments:

Post a Comment