Carrollton Yard – February 2023
/The temperatures were getting warm enough in Carrollton TX for some of the hardy spring flowers to make an appearance.
The naked lady lilies are just leaves now…building up for their bloom during the summer. The daffodils and hyacinths are blooming.
I noticed the fallen rooster and rusting toy surrounded by brown debris from last season and the greening new growth of spring. The rooster’s fall, twisted feather and the rust on the base/foot is new this season. I didn’t attempt to right it.
The small landscapes appealed to me as well – the small rock that looks like a big cliff next to the green vegetation, the single pink flower at the base of a big mulberry tree, a red leaf surrounded by crinkled brown leaves and delicate new green growth, and a dandelion already in bloom (also at the base of a mulberry tree).
My favorite image from the February walk around the yard was a backlit dandelion seed puff. Yes – the background is messy…but I always attempt to capture the situation as it was in nature, not something contrived.
