Day 30 - Spring

In the end....spring is new life and new beginnings.

Day 29 - Botanical Garden

Our local Botanical Garden showing what it has. I was hoping to get a spectacular display of flowers for a photo here, but it is still early for us.

Day 28 - Ferns Unveiling

I just wanted to record these ferns unfurling. They remind me of swan heads. I would love to see the entire growth in slow motion as all the fronds unfold.

Day 27 - The Lowly Dandelion

This is one of the main signposts to tell us of spring's arrival. It is beautiful but hated because it's a "weed". I have spent many an hour eradicating them from the golf course landscape. In my home lawn they are welcome in small numbers. :)

Day 26 - Mr. Majestic

I went to the Zoo today to record families enjoying the zoo. It was a nice day today to be out, but not too many were there. :(
The shots I did get I was not happy with. So, I guess you can't miss with a shot of a Peacock. He was sitting between some shrubs facing me. His tail is in the background trailing behind him.

(This is an edited shot per K's request.)

Day 25 - National Day of Prayer

I was asked again this year to help usher at the local National Day of Prayer Breakfast. It is held each year here at the Riverside Ballroom built in 1936. It is such a neat room that I thought it and the Day would be a good entrant for the Challenge.

In 1952, a joint resolution by Congress signed by President Truman declared an annual National Day of Prayer. In 1988, the law was amended and signed by President Reagen permanently setting National Day of Prayer as the first Thursday of every May.

I had a challenge with this shot. The chandeliers are overexposed a bit but I had to expose for the room and the people. I really wanted to emphasize the room as it is very unique. This place has a history also. On February 1 1959, Buddy Holly, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens played here to the Green Bay audience. It was their second to last concert before the plane crash that took their lives in Iowa the following night.

Day 24 - Cherry Blossoms

I was driving in the country and I spotted this tree along a fence row between fields. I took several shots, but I chose this one. It's like the branches are reaching up toward the sky in exultation of spring.

Day 23 - Greenhouses Open

We still have a chance of frost here through May. But, the greenhouses are all stocked up and ready for the season.