Here’s a big shout out to photographer Tracy Fortsch, whose vibrant springtime images are featured in this post. Tracy captures the best of this heady, beautiful season in her images. A picture is worth a thousand words and Tracy’s images fulfill this phrase.

Springtime brings the promise of renewal to us each year. Everything seems to be coming to life all at once; flowers are bursting opened, dotting the landscape with their riotous colors and floral fragrance wafts through the chilly air. The quality of sunlight is especially beautiful in spring as it filters through fresh green tree bud tips and flowers with a back drop of lacy sky blue punctuating the scene. The light as a result has a hazy quality that is only seen in springtime. The song of migratory birds fill the air announcing their return. Days are longer and pleasantly warm and evenings can be delightfully cool. I enjoy walking through the neighborhood as a way to soak in the many heady pleasures that spring offers.

My jewelry bench is a little dusty lately and I think it’s OK. I need to be outside to soak in every minute of the fleeting beauty of this season.

Enjoy a little spring green while it lasts.