The first day of Spring on Long Island, New York was absolutely like, yes, surprisingly, a Spring day on Long Island, New York.

The weather was magnificent. I sat on my deck after saying a prayer of Thanks for all God has blessed me with. Later, I went for a 4 miles walk through East Patchogue.

On foot, with a spring in my foot, from the hope that springs eternal in the souls of man, especially in Spring, and maybe also from the Nike shoes' padded soles, I glimpsed and captured this image showing, Spring's Afoot, as the gloom and doom of Winter is mowed down, sliced away by the blades of fresh grass.

Not a bad "macro" from a 4-year old pocket Nikon S6, with great detail even though it is cropped to under 1800 pixels or so.

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These pretty pink flowers seemed floating in the air on South Country Road, in East Patchogue, Long Island, New York, as I walked by.

Taking care not to step onto the property they are on, I tried to capture the Floating Flowers Flotlla (hence the Floral Flo(a)tilla title).

I don't know the name of this plant but those are the real pink colors of it, not Photoshop.

I am happy with my current "standard" Black frame with title and name presentation method in my stream, and my friends love it too. But, this image made it worth trying a white version. What do you think, compared to the version below?

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Out for a walk on a stunningly clear bright cool early Spring day, I was on Southern Boulevard, East Patchogue, Long Island, New York, one of the roads leading up to my home.

I was stunned by the brilliant blue sky acting as the perfect backdrop for the strong (not Photoshopped) spectacular colors and contrasts of the white-flowering tree (anyone know the name?) and the vivid evergreen.

The white flowers literally shone and reflected light as if they were puffy snow flakes sticking to a leafless tree under perfectly clear skies.

I have driven on this road for 15 years and probably noticed the tree briefly in the past. But, this time, I was walking on one of the literally 3 days these flowers bloomed, and I was able to capture them in my memory and this photograph.

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I would love to only post "obviously" dramatic and stunning images taken in exotic locations or with my Nikon D300. But, I don't want to mis out sharing the unexpected "ordinary" sights of beauty I walk by every day even with just an old pocket camera in hand.

A photo from a late afternoon walk on South Country Road, East Patchogue, New York.

April 13, 2010 was a somewhat windy and cool day. I had to time the photos that day to avoid traffic that does get busier around 5 PM.

The sunset light made interesting patterns in the oncoming heavy clouds (will post that one another time). The newly blossoming tree's white shades created interesting effects against the gray sky, white clouds and green hedges while the old classy homes reflected on Robinson's Pond.

I found it interesting that even though I did not change the colors, the clouds in this size exported image look purple but just deep gray in the original sized image. Enhanced Contrast & lightened Shadows in iPhoto and framed in PhotoShop.

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These queit freshly sprouted beautiful bells loudly clanged to the sound of seasons of change, they spring my bells of joy.

Taken on Colonial Drive and Southern Boulevard, just outside my community in East Patchogue, Long Island, New York with the old pocket Nikon S6,

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