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Recent retiree--35 year's experience teaching reading, English, adult basic education and volunteer leadership skills. Started this blog to exchange ideas and commentary with friends and others having an interest in joining the discussions. Greatest life accomplishments include: 1.organized my 3rd grade class to check out library books for me to get around librarian's weekly limit--Amazon.com, the Mullins Elementary 3rd Grade Class of 1956 is still waiting for "thank you" notes; 2. volunteered in the Peace Corps, island of St. Kitts, West Indies; 3.taught adults to read, earn their GEDs., and speak English as a second language; 4. bought a border collie puppy for $6, got evicted rather than give him up, and began a life-long love affair with all things "Dog"; 5. joined a physical fitness boot camp in my mid-50s--don't mess with someone who's been doing regulation pushups in wet grass at 5:30 a.m.; 6. walked across Northern England with best friend Sally--over 80 miles from the Irish to North Seas; and 7. travelled to many foreign countries for pleasure and work.

Friday, April 1, 2011

First of the Month - Spring Greening

For the past four months I've been studying Kentucky skies, on the lookout for photo opportunities that capture the current season. In January I discovered an exciting blog photography meme started by Jan at Murrieta 365 . This meme appealed to me because I need to work on taking better photos, which do a lot to enliven and illustrate blog posts. Here's how it works: Jan is calling her new meme First of the Month. Here are her directions: "The goal is to capture one thing repeatedly on the first day of each month. It can be a landscape, a person, an animal, a project; whatever your focus is fine. It can be a record of where you are each first day of the month." Interesting exercise, right? I decided to photograph Kentucky skies. So, after a week of unseasonably cold, wet weather and gloomy skies with the occasional snow flurry, here you have Spring Greening on April 1. These trees are huge maples in my neighbor's yard. I love the soft yellow-green new growth against the pale blue spring sky: I could have shared photos of dazzling pink saucer magnolia blooms or white flurries of Bradford pears or even sprays of brilliant yellow forsythia against the spring sky. But being able to look up at this subtle green growth and see the sky among the still bare almost bare branches says springtime in Kentucky. If you'd enjoy seeing some more beautiful photography from all over and on many subjects--Norway to Australia--just click on Jan's web page for a list of other First of the Month Players.

15 comments:

Good Company said...

Love the Springtime! Enjoy!

P.S. ashleysisk.com -- offers a tutorial each week. She also has a list of every photo meme I know of at the top of her blog.

Millie said...

It is so nice to see real signs of spring! Enjoyed seeing your pictures. Mine is here. http://edenhills.wordpress.com

Jan n Jer said...

Your trees are way more advanced then ours here in Pa. This time next month you wont even be able to see the sky through that same tree! Nice shot Faye. Keep up the good work.

Jan said...

Isn't it nice to see some green. Hope the trend continues.

Pamela said...

yes... I see the green. Happening here, too. but you've got more

aspiritofsimplicity said...

What a beautiful and huge tree!

Kai Rui said...

oh...it's not my intention to make you there jealous...anyway, thanks for dropping comment on my post...followed you..;)

Kai Rui said...

well spring is just around the corner...sooner you'll see lovely flowers in bloom...;)

GVK said...

I couldn't say I truly got the hang of what's special about 'First-of-the-month, till I read your post.

Jan AKA Wammy said...

I'm sneezing!

EG CameraGirl said...

I love seeing all the green in your tree right now. It looks so springlike. :))

Beyond the Dog Dish said...

Your spring is way ahead of ours! Beautiful foliage on your tree.

Living Life said...

Beautiful Faye! Our trees are beginning to bud out. I love the way the red buds look against the blue sky and the lake beneath them. I keep saying I need to get a photo before they are completely opened.

kayerj said...

Blue and Green--it's a lovely combination. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on

Deborah Carr (Debs) said...

I'm loving the spring time with all the blossoms and tulips everwhere, so beautiful.