May – Macro#31

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“All of the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.”

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May – Macro #13

it was a beautiful Mother’s Day. Sunny, warm and everything / well maybe not everything, but the lots of plants bloomed. These where the first wood sorrels I spotted this year.

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May – Macro#12

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I have no idea what this is, it is so tiny I hardly saw it, fortunately I did. I did not notice how lovely it was until I unloaded my pictures.

May – Macro#6

The miracle of sunshine. The new life grows from smallest of cracks.  This birch tree is trying to grow from our yard fence.Minimalist (5 of 22)Minimalist (7 of 22)

May – Marco#5

What a difference a day makes, beautiful, sunny day and the nature blooms. Loving it! Not sure these can be categorized as macro’s but close-ups still.

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MAY-Macro#4

A yellow crocus emerged to give color to my still very brown garden, though there is lots of moss to give the nature a green boost. Still waiting for the grass to grow.

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May – Macro#2

I took these photos of cup lichen(Cladonia) for my second post. I find the so cute as the stand out from the moss so straight and tower like

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May – Macro#1

After the rain had stopped I went looking for signs of spring. Looking for macro shots or at least close-ups. The catkins were so nicely covered with droplets so I took this to be my first May there topic. Happy May first to all and regards from rainy Finland.

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Something new is coming alive from this old branch. Finally after along wait spring is here. Melting snow, birds singing and small sign of the nature wakening up.

Autumn in little world

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 This is Cladonia (cup lichen) it  is a genus of moss-like lichen.

MM-3-49 – Hydrangea

My entry to  for this weeks Monochrome Madness is a photo from my back-yard .This wiltered flower of hydrangea was my pick for this week as I tooks photos for an other challange. It turned out so nicely into a black and white photograph.  #monochromemadness #Leannecole

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Found in the kitchen