Its another antidote post….By which I mean I’ve looked back over the last few of my posts and realised they’re all a bit on the dark side….Dark in a colourful kinda way I’ll grant you, but dark nonetheless…They’re all a bit decayed…A bit grim…A bit moribund..A bit ‘On the verge of collapse’….Oooooh I’m shuddering just thinking about it.
Well its not bloody good enough!
It’s nearly spring for chrissake!
So I have chucked caution, (and what I was actually planning to do) to the wind, and visited a local beauty spot, (the back garden of SHPics Mansions) to find some colour of a happier variety, and it’s true…spring has nearly sprung..The grass is growing, the Forsythia is budding (pics in a fortnight I reckon), and the gorgeous Autumn Cherry above, (which never seems to have a clue what month it is), is in bloom..
This shot makes me happy…. (not deliriously happy, I’m not a nutter)… but it just lifts my spirits a little.
I hope it has the same effect on you.
If it doesnt (phew, tough audience), how about the one below? Another great excuse for a cracker joke.
Why did the Chicken cross the road?
Because he had seen his friend the Zebra crossing!
I took this in Ho Chi Minh City last year and had completely forgotten it…
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hellenjc
You are a card!! and I love them both… 😀
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Splendid…you can always rely on a chicken joke!
scillagrace
You have bloomin’ cherry trees! Lucky you…I’m still on snow shots.
Stuart Hyde - shpics
SHPics Mansions seem to have a bit of a micro-climate thingymubob…The Cherry’s been in (partial) blossom since early January!!! Weird…..When we planted it, we were told it flowered in September/October so I think it simply does its own thing……and as Hellen says your snow shots are pretty damn good so not to worry..You’ll have blossom soon enough!
hellenjc
Snow shots are always good and your latest ones are great Scilla !
marinachetner
ahhh, what a joke about the rooster and the zebra. Did you make that up? 😉 I love the cherry blossom shot as well as the one in Ho Chi Minh – both so different and definitely a good dose of colour.
Stuart Hyde - shpics
I write all of my own material…..!!!!!