I must apologize for the long period between blog posts. Spring was slow in coming here, with late snow melt and a lot of unseasonably cool weather. It seems such a long time back that we experienced spring in the Okanagan Valley. 

What I like to photograph here in early spring are the lush fresh colours. There is such a variety of shades of green in spring, before the foliage matures and the green shades seem so uniform. The one difficulty is tolerating the black flies and mosquitoes which seem fierce this spring.

Following is a collection of photos that I made in the last month.

S_19_0013 S_19_0024 S_19_0033 S_19_0045 S_19_0047 S_19_0054 S_19_0065 S_19_0071 Besides images of the local landscape, I enjoy trying to create unique impressionistic photos. Here are three examples.

M_19_0062 M_19_0063 M_19_0054 I've enjoyed looking for images with vibrant spring shades of green, something I have missed the last couple years because of travels.