#Springtime

George SteffanosGSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-07-02

Old woods road through the lush ferns and tall trees, Mattatuck Trail, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. June 4, 2025, 4:05 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #forest #trails #trees #ferns #springtime

A narrow old dirt woods road runs through a shady forest of lush ferns and tall hardwood trees. The sky through the canopy is a soft blue and appears to be mostly cloudless. A bright burst of sunshine is breaking through the leaves ahead top right, dappling the forest with a patchwork of sunlight and shadow.
John Scarpa, RE/MAX REALTORscarparealestate
2025-07-02

BBQ or Picnic—Which One Wins for You? 🍔🧺

Nothing says warm weather like enjoying a meal outdoors! Do you prefer flipping burgers on the grill or laying out a picnic spread in the park?

🔥 BBQ: Sizzling foods, backyard fun, and that smoky goodness
🥪 Picnic: Fresh air, easy bites, and a laid-back vibe

Tell us your go-to outdoor feast in the comments!

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George SteffanosGSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-07-02

Lots of lily pads, Plunge Pool, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. June 4, 2025, 4:56 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #forest #pond #springtime

Standing on the shore of a pond. The pic is bordered by this shoreline on the left and another shore at the very top. The rest of the pic is pond. Both shores are densely wooded, with the forest coming tight up to the water's edge. The water is still very clear at this stage of spring. You can see the bottom vegetation clearly just offshore. It is also covered with hundreds of lily pads. Most of them sport bright spring green tones. A few are golden brown. Between the lily pads, the pond mirrors the (mostly offscreen) stately trees lining the far shore and the soft blue June sky.
George SteffanosGSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-07-01

Sheep laurel and lily pads, Herron Pond, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. June 4, 2025, 3:58 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #forest #lake #springtime #wildflowers

A closeup of a thicket of shrubs growing beside a lake. The shrubs have long pointed leaves of waxy bright green and clusters of small bright pink blossoms. Brilliant late spring sunshine is creating sharp highlights and shadows on the leaves an blossoms. In the background it is brightly glowing off the lily pads and creating dazzling sparkles from tiny floating plants on the lake.
George SteffanosGSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-07-01

A passing evening shower dampens the Hanging Hills with northern Meriden and Silver Lake in the foreground. Standing atop Lamentation Mountain, Meriden, Connecticut. May 26, 2025, 6:03 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #forest #evening #rain #mountains #lake #springtime

A soft blue sky with a mass of clouds passing a few miles to our west, dropping some visible rain showers on the distant mountains. We are following the western edge of an open stretch of ridge crest covered with grass, scrubby plants and brownish gray rock formations. Several hundred feet below is a broad green valley with lots of forest and scattered clusters of houses and other buildings. A large rolling meadow is below us, with a built-up strip of larger buildings just beyond. The corner of a large lake is on the right not far away. On the far side of the valley, several miles away, a long traprock ridge runs along the horizon, culminating in a pair of south-facing cliffs. A portion of that ridge is catching the rain showers.
Tatiana TravelwaysTatianaTravelways
2025-06-29

I SOLD a Coffee Mug with my Spring purple lilac blossoms. Thank you buyer from California! :)

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Coffee Mug with my picture of Spring purple lilac blossoms in a garden
George SteffanosGSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-06-25

Misty spring evening along the Mill River, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. April 24, 2025, 6:24 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #forest #goldenhour #river #springtime

A very soft blue evening sky with lots of haze and clouds. Standing on a rocky slope just above the rocky bank of a small river. It is early spring, the grassy meadow across the river is dormant and golden brown. The hardwood trees and most shrubs still lack leaves. At the far edge of the meadow about a dozen towering pines stand at the near edge of a mixed forest of pines and leafless hardwoods. A low wooded ridge rises along the horizon to our left. To our right are the steep, wooded lower slopes of a mountain. The setting sun is just emerging below the clouds as a bright gold and orange orb mirrored on the river below.
George SteffanosGSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-06-25

Springtime on the mountain, Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut. April 24, 2025, 5:10 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #forest #goldenhour #trails #mountains #springtime

Walking a footpath along a wooded mountainside. The mountain slopes steeply upward to our left but flattens out quite a bit over the stretch the trail runs across. The ground is rather rocky. Other than a sprinkling of evergreens, most  of the trees lack foliage but their branches are covered in spring buds. Below the trees, shrubs are sprouting bright emerald leaves. On the forest floor, also sporting the bright greens of early springtime, dozens of leafy shoots and stalks of new grass are springing from the brown remnants of last autumn's leaves. Above us, the evening sun is shining through the tree trunks straight ahead, creating a brilliant 7-pointed starburst and providing a backlit glow to all the greenery.
The Craft Boxthecraftbox
2025-06-25

Spring Garden A4 Topper Set 9 - 11.99

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George SteffanosGSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-06-24

Found this jewel of a town park driving the Pacific Coast Highway and small byways from Washington to San Francisco in 1984.

Port Orford, Oregon, looking south towards Humbug Mountain. A fantastic place for a park bench. March 1984.

#photography #landscapephotography #adventure #nature #Oregon #Pacific #seacoast #ocean #PacificOcean #Northwest #spring #springtime

A green meadow sprinkled with small white flowers on a slight rise along the Pacific coast of Oregon. The sky is a soft blue with many billowing clouds. A beautiful blue bay with many majestic craggy sea stacks. Impressive waves are crashing against those rocks and the beach of dark beige sand. A sea cliff of varying height borders the beach, backed by a series of rugged wooded ridges. A mountain rises behind them, its top brushed by the clouds. At the far end of the bay, the sea cliff rises to a lofty mountain right against the shore.
George SteffanosGSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-06-23

Silver Lake, the upper Quinnipiac River valley, the Metacomet Ridge and Hartford from the crest of Mount Lamentation, Meriden, Connecticut. May 26, 2025, 6:00 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #forest #trails #mountains #springtime #lake

A soft blue sky with a mass of clouds passing a few miles to our northwest, dropping some visible rain showers. We are following the western edge of an open stretch of ridge crest covered with grass and brownish gray rock formations. To our left several hundred feet below is a broad green valley with lots of forest and scattered clusters of houses and other buildings. The corner of a large lake is on the left not far away. On the far side of the valley a long traprock ridge runs along the horizon. The crest we are following runs along the right of the pic, the open rocks giving way to woods some distance ahead. Just to the left of that, miles away, we can just make out some of the taller buildings of the city of Hartford.
George SteffanosGSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-06-23

Hazy early spring evening at Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. March 25, 2021, 5:58 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #forest #lake #monochrome #sunset #springtime

Monochrome image. Standing beside a large lake beneath a gray sky filled with dark clouds and thick haze. The lake is surrounded by a forest of still leafless hardwoods, the naked branches of a tall tree frame then top left of the pic. A pair of large, flat boulders partially submerged just offshore are casting long shadows towards us in the evening light. The rippled lake surface reflects the dark gray sky. The sun is almost burning through the clouds not far above the far shore, a bright spot in the gloom, its light creating a narrow trail of bright swirls on the waves.
2025-06-22
Some wildflowers I spotted while visiting the countryside. And a bear having a picnic in a farmer's field.

I believe the flowers are silverweed, wild roses, sweet William, and wood violet.

#wildflowers #wilderness #wildlife #nature #springtime #bloomscrolling
2025-06-21
My sister-in-law has chickens. They're all named after characters from Annie. The red one in the 2nd photo is named Mrs Hannigan because she's bossy. 😄

#chickens #animals #FarmAnimals #eggs #chicken #springtime #nature #hens #hen #birds #poultry
Steve Henderson Fine ArtSteveHendersonFineArt
2025-06-18
Metal print of an original watercolor painting depicting two white daffodils, with yellow centers, in a simple glass vase.

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