Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Black & White Wednesdays ~ Around the Town


Just a little glimpse of the stream that runs through the town center.
This is how our week began here in my neck of the woods.
March has, in deed, come in like a lion.
A gentle lion, but a lion none the less.


The bitterest of cold days has passed,
so wandering has become almost pleasant.


And I'd wander just about anywhere
to photograph the rose of sharon in winter time.





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20 comments:

  1. Lovely sepia tones. Love the lake shot and the close ups of the rose of Sharon are exquisite.

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  2. Beautiful! I love the reflections on the water.

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  3. Beautiful pictures and the rose is so lovely.
    Greetings from germany

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  4. So pretty! I'm starting to see patches of grass!

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  5. There so much drama in this photo. Stunning!

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  6. Such a lovely reflection! We can see grass again, and the past few days spring has been in the air!

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  7. Lovely images. I love the sepia tones.

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  8. We managed to get the full effect of the lion with all its teeth - snow, ice, floods, no electricity, desecrated roads. What's more, it appears to have been a lion with chihuahua tendencies cause it just keeps nipping at our ankles. (week later and the water is still threatening and the power flickers constantly)

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  9. Beautiful pictures, wonderful tones.

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  10. Love those reflections! I'm loving the warmer temps, too. It's just perfect weather to get out and looks for photo ops.

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  11. Marvelous photography ~ love them all!

    Happy Week to you,
    artmusedog and carol

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  12. Gosh this is delightful, and I just may have to come back with my own entry! There's such eloquence and calmness to Black and White photos, they tell their own story.

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  13. I love the details we see in B&W - and the reflection is delightful - such peaceful photos.

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  14. Beautiful texture on these!

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  15. Ah very rich photographs and my first joining for this!

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  16. So so so beautiful ... the reflection is exquisite and the mood in all the pictures is so uplifting. Inspiring, captivating and intriguing pictures. Thanks for your lovely linky and so pleased to have stumbled on it.

    Hoping to join in regularly.

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  17. Happy Spring, Adrienne! I've been so busy lately, not much time to sit and blog...hopefully next week :)

    Dawn
    @ A Place for Pictures and Memories

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  18. Nice! I hope the weather is warming nicely for you.

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