In the park behind St. John's Church, while Victoria and Emily practiced with their choir. Yes, I cheated again because I couldn't decide between these two. But they are in one post, so is it really cheating?

These guys appear to be practicing yoga in the park.

While this guy, already armed with inner peace, just cruises around the pond daring me to get in his way.

Albeit a little less fluffy than he was earlier today. Blue cooperated beautifully and took the whole shoot very seriously. Perhaps too seriously.

This one is for you Linda. Somebody wanted to say hi to his "other" mommy. :)

Cheater! Two photos in one day. Actually this is the second time I've cheated but only those who scour metadata will be able to bust me on the first one.

I took this moments after today's other photo. I came to this spot for a photo of Mrs. Olive's field, and I got one I'm satisfied with. But somehow, this one speaks to me more. This is, after all, supposed to be a journey.

I'll quit with the sunsets when I feel like quitting with the sunsets!

What a great feeling to look across a field and finally see the colour green.

I can't get off this sunset theme. But the idea of using the twilight sky to illuminate the tiny droplet of water captured by a budding leaf... it was too much to resist. I believe there is beauty in this scene, but it's not what we would all consider to be classic beauty. For me, the beauty of springtime is not just the perfect flower blossoms. It's the regrowth, the renewal, the revitalization. And we can only witness that if we give our attention to the state of decline or decay that precedes it.

Waiting, wondering and hoping.

So many images here... the sunset, the aging tractor resolute against the rigours of time, the means to guide its journey...

The sun made an appearance today. Getting down on my hands and knees and giving every ounce of my awareness to these flowers I lost myself, as I did yesterday, in their microcosm. Stand back and you see little yellow flowers poking out of the greyish-brown ground. Bring yourself in close and you begin to experience their joy.

Wow. Day 2 of this adventure and it was all I could do to motivate myself to go out in the rain with my macro lens and find something to shoot. It's funny, though. Rain is just water. And when you experience it as up close as these crocuses do, it's actually quite beautiful.