Tuesday, February 03, 2009

It's Time for February Eye Candy

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For me, February is the most boring month of the year. I browsed through a thousand photos of spring and summer delights and struggled to choose only a few.


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They energized me!


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Let me share my energy with you today.

We’ve all had enough shades of brown, gray, and winter white. Cabin fever has taken a toll on our psyches, yes? I need color.


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If I had pretty snow scenes I’d show them,

but look here.

In almost seven weeks,


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I’ll be making nectar and waiting


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for their homecoming.


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Stop looking out the window at snow-plowed roads and gray slush for a few minutes.

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Remember the inevitable growing season!


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We’ll be rescuing baby Mockingbirds and


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keeping a list of butterflies that will grace our garden flowers.


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If you’re so inclined, you’ll sit and chat with a lizard like I do.


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We'll always have our camera ready because


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a surprise is waiting around every corner, one thousand times a day,

during my favorite months of the year.

I can hardly wait!


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I hope you enjoyed my February eye candy.

The snow will melt.

A lovely, fragrant spring will emerge, followed by


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a freakin’ hot, buggy, muggy, fry-an-egg-on-your scalp summer. :o)

Now, don't you feel better? I do.

45 comments:

Anonymous said...

Scrumptious scrumptious scrumptious! What a fantastic post full of anticipation for the beauty that is to come.

Lynne at Hasty Brook said...

Your last lines made me squawk!
I like to think that our winters of white and gray and brown help me better appreciate the saturated colors of the other seasons.

Kim said...

Talk about a feast for the eyes! I love the pictures of the baby mocker and the humminbird hovering next to the flower.

I can't wait for spring and will start complaining again this summer. ;o)

Lisa at Greenbow said...

Oh my gosh. Just what the Dr ordered. Beautiful, glorious color, scales, feathers, features...aaahhhhh I can almost smell the roses. THank you for such a marvelous interlude.

I am amazed at how you can get such good photos of frogs and that lizard. Bee still my heart. Just wonderful.

possumlady said...

Beautiful as always!

But me, I'm still waiting for a good snowfall here! Winds will be picking up tonight...can't wait!

Robin's Nesting Place said...

I got my Valentines early! My favorite candy is eye candy!!! This is a sweetheart of a post and just what I needed today!

It made me feel so good, I may have to do my own February Eye Candy post. Mary, you could start a meme, with this one.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Just think, Mary.. When you enjoy "Eye Candy"---you don't gain any weight. Ha Ha.... Love your tease pictures... Most of us are SO ready for spring--but not the heat of summer!!!!

Love the baby Mockingbird...What a cutie. AND--I can't wait til the hummers come home!!!!!

Thanks again for a great post.
Hugs,
Betsy

Diane AZ said...

Amazing photos! I don't know how you get those butterflies to pose for you like that. I would like to talk to that lizard!

jane augenstein said...

Mary, great pictures to let us know that spring will be here soon! I am so tired of the dismal gray days; soon Gilly will be shedding off his winter coat and a shinny new horse will be waiting for me!! :-)
Thanks for the Stacy Westfall link, love her riding!!!

Sherri said...

Beautiful photos, Mary. Just plain beautiful.

jason said...

Divine, Mary! Just divine... I feel warmer already.

Richard said...

Sorry, I don't feel any warmer here in MN. And my eyes hurt from all the color...:-).

That blue bird is a little pig.

J.G. said...

Lovely! Thanks for the pick-me-up after two gloomy days of rain on the windows here.

Susan Gets Native said...

Just what I needed after a 5 hour commute that should have been only 30 minutes.

I'll have two of what you are having, Mary.

:)

dmmgmfm said...

Wonderful photos, thanks for the flash forward into summer!

PSYL said...

What amazing photos! Are they all taken with your P&S? The image quality is great.

I like February - mainly because my birthday is in it. But otherwise, yeah, I can't find anything exciting about February either.

JeanMac said...

Beautiful.Can't wait for spring, also.

Corey said...

Yeah well, look outside RIGHT NOW. See that white stuff all over the ground . .

Julie Zickefoose said...

Ahhhh. Don't ever stop. I love this post, Mary with a twist.

Kerri Farley said...

Lovely Eye Candy Mary!! Beautiful pics!!

Ruth said...

Great summer memories from you camera! I have stopped wishing for seasons to speed up as life seems to progress at a breakneck pace after a certain age anyway. I had to laugh at Richard's comment...:-)

KGMom said...

I take offense at the comment about February being a boring month!
Harrumphh--some very famous people were born in February: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin.
Then there's Valentine's Day--a whole holiday dedicated to a celebration of LOVE.
And then there's MY birthday. . .
Oops--got a little personal there.

RuthieJ said...

Thanks Mare, those pictures were gorgeous! Mr. Bluebird with all those worms in his beak was my fave!

Appalachian Lady said...

Great photos--I am so ready for spring! I like the lizard and frog best.

Anonymous said...

Thank you! I feel better all ready.

Tina said...

Actually I do feel better!! THANK U very much for all those wonderful and stunning pictures! How nice, esp the little baby mocker and those close ups of the hummer. Soooo nice Mary, what other pictures do you have stashed away in your pic files? So enjoyed looking at all that color and yes I wish for some of those scenes to be outside my window right now!!

:)

dguzman said...

I want to live in your backyard.

Ramblings of a Villas Girl said...

Hi Mary! Wonderful eye candy. I look forward to spring with the bright colors and wait patiently for the hummers to return. If it could still spring year round, I'd be happy. I am not looking forward to summer. I hate hot, muggy weather and I fear that with so much rain and snow this winter, the bug will be very bad.
Anyway thanks for the spring break. Lisa

Cheryl said...

Oh tks Mary just what I needed....for a few moments I was under summers spell and as Sherry says dancing with bees.....
You chose some lovely shots and the hummingbirds hold me spellbound. We don't get them here, so I find them quite magical......

February is the only month I do not like, you have just given me light at the end of the tunnel......

Kathleen said...

I'm sitting by a window watching it snow. I open your blog to a window of gorgeous color and dreamy imagines. Beautiful!!!!

February is the hardest month for me too. I'm blogging about the Florida beach to help get me through!

Dawn Fine said...

Howdee...
Darn slow internet...would only load up to the second hummer...and I was wanting more...I guess i will have to wait until I hit a some free wifi.
Loved loved what i saw.
Just amazing photos!

nina at Nature Remains. said...

And in eleven weeks.....!!

Minerva said...

Beautiful pictures. Now if I could just hear some spring peepers, my life would be complete.

Angie @ thejunkranch said...

Hello from a native North Carolinian...enjoyed your photos on this cold, windy day!

Heather said...

Ah, that was some fantastic eye candy Mary! Winter is beautiful in its own ways, but I DO start getting itchy for spring around the middle of February. Now... when it's summer and hot and muggy and you feel like you need some pictures of snow, you let me know and I'll remind you about the ice storm that just came through our neck of the woods. =hee hee!=

Jayne said...

Oh, eye candy indeed... intoxicating really. I am warmer just LOOKING at it all! Can't wait either Mar!

Dog_geek said...

Thanks for the fix - I needed that! Everything has been pretty monochrome for a while here. And cold!

Peg Silloway said...

Mmmm - warm spring air - I can smell it now. Buzzing insects, evening peepers, and miniature aerial battles between hummingbirds. I can't wait!!!

Thank you for sharing your warmth and beauty. You really do need to do a book, Mary - your photos are exquisite!

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Of course I enjoyed it. If you photographed it and wrote it, I definitely enjoyed it.

Anonymous said...

Valentines Day Eye Candy

Rose said...

Oh, I do feel better already! This is the perfect antidote to another cold, snow-blowing day here in Illinois.
Mary, you must get tired of my saying how gorgeous your pictures are, but I never get tired of seeing them. They're just amazing--as much as I like the hummingbird photos, the picture of the little bird with his mouth open is just precious:)

TR Ryan said...

Bellisima!!! This is my last day of winter - I'm checking out tomorrow for four weeks!

Mel said...

¡Preciosas fotos!

You are a master capturing beauty!! TEACH ME!!! haha

Besos,

Mel

Dr. Know said...

Great pictures. I can't wait for the short week of spring to arrive - then it's eight long months of mosquito infested, freakin’ hot, buggy, muggy, fry-an-egg-on-your scalp summer. Then a week of fall.

Larry said...

Wonderful colors! That hummingbird looks like it had a neck stretching operation.-I'll be looking forward to Spring any day now. My cat saw its shadow. That means 3 more weeks of winter.