Friday, 08 May 2009

• Weekly Photo Challenge - "Your Favorite Season"

  When I was very young, winter used to be my favorite season (for snow, holidays, and fun in general I guess), but in recent years my favorite has been fall (for the colors).  Problem is, I haven't gotten to enjoy the fall colors much over the last two years (I think I got one good fall photo two years ago, but no special outdoor shots last fall).  So, for the last two years at least, spring has been the time I've been able to get out and take pictures, walk/hike, or ride my bicycle.  I honestly think I've developed more of an appreciation for spring, than what I used to have.

  So here's my spring photo:

  

  I've probably been unduly influenced by "April Foolishness," which was a challenge to use the same lens for most of my shots for the entire month of April.  Shooting every day for a month compelled me to get outside and appreciate the natural changes of spring -- though it has been a cool, wet spring around here.  The above was one of my shots from the April photography challenge.

  On the literary side of things, T. S. Eliot wrote that "April is the cruelest month," ostensibly in the sense that it provides false hope, a false resurrection from winter into new life.  Well, I hope that isn't the case this year.  I'd like to see the world recover from its economic woes, the many violent conflicts and such.

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