painted

painted, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

I took a walk around Pine Hill Cemetery yesterday evening, and found these lovely tulips by a gravestone. They look like they were painted! Taken in Westfield, MA on May 6, 2008

chorus line

chorus line, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

Lovely bleeding hearts at Grandmother's Garden in Westfield, MA. Taken on May 4, 2008

regal

regal, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

Lilacs are beginning to bloom! Taken in Westfield, MA on May 4, 2008

emerging

emerging, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

Ferns unfurl at Grandmother's Garden in Westfield, MA. Taken on May 4, 2008

stature

stature, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

The tulips are in bloom at Grandmother's Garden in Westfield, MA. Taken on May 4, 2008

pale periwinkle

pale periwinkle, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

I found these lovely little flowers poking up through the pine needles on the forest path in Stanley Park. Taken in Westfield, MA on April 19, 2008

early morning curtsy

early morning curtsy, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

I caught this sweet scenario along Memorial Drive in Harvard Square yesterday morning at dawn. The young lady's skirt was billowing from the subway updraft, and she was dancing around as her friend took pictures.

Taken in Cambridge, MA on May 1, 2008

calm

calm, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

The footbridge over the Charles River in Cambridge, MA, this morning at dawn. Happy Beltane!

on the bridge

on the bridge, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

The girls peek out from the bridge. Taken in Forest Park, Springfield, MA on April 27, 2008

Barney mausoleum

Barney mausoleum, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

This is the mausoleum near the carriage house that I mentioned the other day. It has elaborate stone carvings, iron & bronze work, and a carved sphinx at either end. The staircases are also on both ends, and they split at the bottom. You can see more shots of the mausoleum in my Flickr set of Forest Park. It's surrounded by a high iron fence, an unfortunate necessity in the city.

Taken in Forest Park, Springfield, MA on April 27, 2008

first apple blossoms

first apple blossoms, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

These delicate pink apple blossoms were found in Forest Park, Springfield, MA on April 27, 2008

carriage house

carriage house, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

This is the carriage house for the old Barney Estate, now Forest Park in Springfield, MA. You can rent it out for parties, receptions, and such now. It's in a lovely spot, surrounded by trees and flowers. The estate house itself is now gone, but the family's mausoleum is nearby. Taken on April 27, 2008

first dogwood

first dogwood, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

This is the first dogwood in bloom that I've seen this season. Taken at Forest Park in Springfield, MA on April 27, 2008

burst

burst, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

I found this lovely flower last Sunday in Grandmother's Garden in Westfield, MA. Taken on April 20, 2008

pink and blue

pink and blue, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

The crabapple trees are in bloom down at Heritage Park in East Longmeadow, MA. Taken on April 25, 2008

fiddlin'

fiddlin', originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

Fuzzy ferns emerge from the leaf litter at Heritage Park in East Longmeadow, MA. Taken on April 23, 2008

signs of spring

signs of spring, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

The progression of spring: the life of a daffodil. The above was taken on March 9.

This one was taken on March 26:



This one on April 6:



And this one on April 22:



All taken by the chapel in Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, MA

look at meeeee!

look at meeeee!, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

Gorgeous white daffodils (or are they narcissus?) in front of the chapel in Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, MA. Taken on April 22, 2008

starz

starz, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

I found these lovely little flowers in the woods at the wildlife sanctuary by Stanley Park in Westfield, MA on April 20, 2008

crossing, and not

crossing, originally uploaded by LizzieBelle Too.

I went back to the wildlife sanctuary by Stanley Park yesterday, and the stream was back down to a trickle. I was able to cross over to the island and roam around in the woods there.

This is what it looked like two weeks ago, in the same spot:



Taken in Westfield, MA on April 20 and April 5, 2008