Tiny purple flower

Tiny purple flower
Originally uploaded by peachykeen86

I love this picture and not just because the flower is purple!!!

I went to the local public gardens recently and took a bunch of great photos, but this one is my favorite. I like that it represents the change of seasons, showing how Spring is trying to struggle itself out right now from the remnants of fall and this horrible winter.

I identify with that flower, pushing itself out of all the muck surrounding it (for me, all the bullshit that I've had to go through for the past year and a half), putting itself out there, and standing strong. It will soon be greeted by its other purple flower friends, but it's kind of like the pioneer flower, showing its fellows that it's okay to come out now -- Spring is almost here!!!! Hooray :-)

Snow-covered wind chime

Snow-covered wind chime
Originally uploaded by peachykeen86

Hello all, I know it's been awhile. It's just been too cold for picture taking, but Snowmageddon forced me to bring my camera out.

We've had several feet of snow over the past couple of weeks which has devastated our region but made for some beautiful photography. Check out my Flickr page for more shots.

This is my favorite picture because of the snow-covered wind chime, the roof, the icicles (which have gotten 5x bigger since then), and the continuing snowfall. How fitting is it that the wind chime is of a sun?