A Photo a Day for April

I've been inspired to try this by Woody Meristem, a regular commenter on my blog, who on April 2nd posted a photo a day for the entire first quarter of the year.  He said "Consider doing something similar..." so I've taken up the challenge.  You will have seen many of these photos before in the blog.  His own post is well worth checking out.

Of course I have all kinds of limitations compared to Woody.  I'm in a wheelchair and can't always get the perspective I want.  I can't get out into the woods and fields; several of my pictures in April were shot from my living room window.  And I'm not nearly as good a photographer as Woody.  I'm just shooting with a camera phone.

However, this exercise has proven remarkably successful for me.  I have paid more attention to what I could photograph every day, and committed more time to the effort.  I've enjoyed the challenge and plan to continue it - perhaps even get a photo for the entire quarter of the year.  I hope you enjoy these.  Notes on the cheating involved are posted at the end.

The back yard, Apr. 4th.

Dwarf Iris, the first flower of spring for me.

Hellebore in the rain.

Scilla in a lawn downtown.

View over the Beaver Valley.

The Beaver River at a favourite canoe take-out spot.

American Robin

Heather

Umbrella Primrose

Forsythia

My mystery plant, which turned out to be a Broad-leaved Grape Hyacinth.

The hawk silhouette on our window.  You can tell I was desperate that day for something to photograph. 

Br'er rabbit

Daffodil

Bloodroot

Yellow dwarf Iris

Lichen on the bark of our Sugar Maple

Evening sunlight across the golf course.

We do get occasional sunny days in April!

Dandelion

The ancient glacial shoreline of Lake Nipissing where it runs through town, usually a steep forested slope.  I want to write more about this someday, as soon as I can figure out how to do a map!

It's time to harden off the plants!

Daffodils and Hyacinths

Primrose

A touch of snow.

Peony shoots

Typical April morning here - wet!

Wodehouse Creek

Magnolia

Creeping thyme

Notes on Cheating - I didn't get the idea until Apr. 2nd, so I only started on Apr. 4th.  I missed two days.  On one day I included three pictures.  I struggled with the mixture of photos chosen to represent things that were significant to me, or for the season, and those that were simply good photos in my own mind.  But I learned so much doing this, and plan to continue, being more careful along the way.  Thank you Woody, for the challenge!

This post is my other contribution to celebrating my own birthday!  Watch for next month's contribution at the end of the month.