Looking for Spring

Crimson Bud, Spofford NH

Hilltop Gold, Guilford Vt

I have given up on the winter that wasn't and must now expect the slow coming of spring. It is becoming a mini tradition to anticipate our annual burst of new life by collecting a few of the images from the preceding spring. This is usually seen as therapy after a long, cold and snowy winter but this year it is more a matter of moving on. Early spring is usually about a bleak mix of sticks and mud. This year we have the sticks but the good news is that, without the snow, we have very little mud. Sadly the lack of a healthy spring run-off also means that or waterfalls may less dramatic.

Golden Corner, Guilford Vt

So here is a brief collection of images looking back on last spring, trying to get us through until the greens start to explode. Of course we still could get an April blizzard. I remember about two feet of wet snow one Easter a few years ago, but despite fear of jinxing things, somehow this does not seem to be the year for such surprises. 

Merriam Brook Cascade, Surry NH

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Catsbane Brook Falls
West Chesterfield, NH

Flowing Water :
Last early spring was a lovely flowing water season.  I got to visit a bunch of old friends and discovered a few new location, including hidden Catsbane Falls in West Chesterfield.






 

Pond Brook Falls
West Chesterfield, NH

Pulpit Falls

Green River Falls, Marlborough NH

• First Falls 

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Pisterine Spring, Spofford NH

Early Green / Our Second Autumn :
I love the early shade of green which rivals autumn for variety and warmth.

 

Academy Spring, Walpole, NH

Spring Cupola, Spofford NH

Zerubbabel's Rest
Chesterfield, NH

Grand Opening, Spofford NH

 

Spring Road, Guilford NH

• Favorite Light for Spring Foliage

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Campus Crocuses, Keene NH

Spring Flowers:
Of course spring is about flowers and I enjoy shouting them both in the wild and in the more controlled environment of nurseries and green houses.

Blue Carpet, Marlborough NH

Tulip Bed, Marlborough NH

 





















 

College Tulips, Keene NH

River Park Lilies
Keene NH

• Spring Flowers

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The Night Sky :

Spring is a great time to capture the night sky, The Milky Way is rising high in the sky and the warmer weather makes those long exposures more tolerable.

Pasture Arch, Walpole NH

• Exploring Night Sky Photography 

Jeffrey Newcomer
Partridgebrookreflections.com