Springy Spring Springing

I'm confirming the news: spring has arrived in New York City!!  I couldn't be happier about this.  Flowers are blooming, trees are becoming green, and the squirrels are chasing one another around in their nutty, spastic mating rituals.  Seriously, those little guys are just dashing up and down trees after one another like they are never going to run out of energy.  It's amazing.  Birds start singing their adorable songs outside of my window at about 7am.  People are wearing skirts and shorts, boots are becoming rarer.  I'm such a delighted kid right now.  Oh... and Cadbury Cream Eggs are for sale in stores.  That really means it is spring!

I know I have more photographs of frolicking squirrels somewhere... deep in the depths of my hard drive.  I'll find them and share them in the next few days.  Since they are one of the only animal species I see on a regular basis, I've grown rather fond of the furry guys.

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Flowers and Farmer's Markets

It may not feel very springy outside, but it is now officially Spring!  My favourite time of year.  The crocuses are blooming, the farmer's markets are larger, and full of beautiful looking fruits and vegetables.  I'm so excited.  All of these photographs were taken in Prospect Park, and the Farmer's Market in Grand Army Plaza the past couple of days.

Other than today, I got to walk in the park every day this week.  Six out of seven is not bad at all.  I'm ready for warmth.  Sunshine.  More flowers.  The plants on my sill are even starting to grow!

What's your favourite part about Spring?

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Do Pigs Have Wings? (some fall-y things)

So, no.  This particular pig does not have wings... but some could!!!  You never know.

These are some very fall-esque photos taken on the grounds of the Brandywine River Museum.  The sexy legs featured belong to my foxy mom, Joan Buck.

Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania, USA

Black Eyed Susan and Such

I know, I know.  More flowers.  I'm always posting photographs of flowers.

But I love  them, and they are just so darn fun to photograph.  Flowers are so delicious, so happy, so gorgeous... inspirational in every way.  And their time for this year is pretty much done, unless I go to a greenhouse or something.  Which I will do at some point.  So enjoy some of the fabulous flora from Beach Haven this past summer.

Beach Haven, New Jersey, USA

I Heart Flowers

Once again, if you haven't noticed.  I.  LOVE.  Flowers.  I think they are nature's reminder that the world is a happy and lovely place.  It's incredible the colors, shapes, and textures hat can be found in the natural world.  The school I went to, Stella Adler Studio, was very close to the wholesale flower district in Manhattan.  These were taken some day in early August when I messed up my schedule and accidentally showed up for class an hour early.

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Cowboy Hats

I have never really been a cowboy hat kind of a girl.  I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, where cowboy hats weren't really a thing.  John Deere baseball caps maybe, Amish buggies, absolutely.  But I always had a yearning to be more of a metropolitan kid.  I wore dresses when other people wore sweatpants, always winged my eyeliner, sported heels in high school while most of my peers wore flip flops.  You get my drift.

But over the past couple years, I've become a bit more relaxed. Which is hilarious, because I've been living in New York City.  Heels are broken out only for special occassions (which may have something to do with my ankle problems, which may exist in part because of the heels, but what does it matter), dresses are still my every day staple, but are worn more casually, and the winged eyeliner is not as thick as it once was.  Nor is it any longer paired with red lipstick.

Still, though, a cowboy hat?  Blame it on my Texan boyfriend.  I now own one... and I like it.

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Tulip Adoration

In Chelsea, there is one street that is just full of wholesale flower and plant vendors.  The street is lined with beautiful, brightly coloured plants of all kinds.  It's like walking through a botanical garden, but really, it's just 28th St.

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

And it Was all Yellow

These flowers were all over England and Scotland in the spring.  The first place I remember really noticing them was in Edinburgh in April, but then I noticed them popping up in London as May began to bloom.  They grow on bushes that look spiny, but actually don't feel prickly at all.  From far away, clusters of them just look like a wash of yellow.  Yellow has never been one of my favourite colors, but I cannot deny that it exudes a sort of endearing happiness.  

Hampstead, London, England, UK

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