Every year the Arboretum plants thousands (or probably hundreds of thousands) of tulips, daffodils and other bulbs that provide a riot of spring color.  There are lots of them blooming right now, but next weekend should provide twice as much.

So, in honor of Mother's Day, here are some spring flowers.

I wasn't really sure what kind of image to feature today.  Should I do another recent bird shot?  Maybe tomorrow or Monday, just to space things out.  Flowers?  I think I'm after more that are currently blooming (which I have, but haven't uploaded yet).  So, I decided to go for something literary.

The Adventure of the Lion's Mane is a Sherlock Holmes short story, and one of the few that Holmes himself narrates.  Below is an image of the Lion's Mane of the title, taken at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT.

Lion's Maneas featured in the Sherlock Holmes story

For some reason, I tend to like weird or abstract photos.  I'm not overly fond of abstract paintings or sculptures, but they work for me as photos.  Maybe it's because they have a basis in reality (as opposed to imagination or interpretation).

Anyway, below is an example.  It was taken in the Czech Republic and shows reflections in a store's windows.  I love all aspects of this, from the distortion in individual panes to the broken sets of reflections over multiple panes.  For me, it works.

In case you were wondering, here's a shot of the entire building.