It was a bit windy all day yesterday, which made two things more difficult than usual: Biking (west) and getting clean macro shots. There was a lot of nice light in the sky last evening as we were getting Ava ready for bed, so I took the opportunity to get out in the yard and grab some photos of the buds and blooms that are showing up all over the place.
The picture featured here is of the first thin leaves breaking out on a dogwood branch in the back yard. Unfortunately, this was actually a branch I’d trimmed from the rangy dogwood that stands at the border of our yard and the back neighbor’s place. The tree is really nice, but it’s getting crowded by a huge pussy willow, which is a shame, because it doesn’t have much room to grow as it needs to. I should probably take it out completely at some point, but the birds like it.
I have some more shots from last evening in the April 06 dailies gallery. Enjoy!