The Joy and Colors of Spring
March 26, 2009 by betchai-t-luc
Mix of Spring Wildflowers @ Torrey Pines State Reserve
Spring is here, and its magic has been gracing the slopes everywhere. When the colors of autumn are limited to the warm hues of red and gold, spring is a kaleidoscope of all colors.
Rainbow of Colors, One of Spring’s Delights
Mix of Colors
When spring comes, the land awakens, and the hills become alive. It is a time where nature shows what God can do with drab and dirt.
Sea of Gold by the Sea
The exploding wildflowers bring in a smile and a scent beyond compare, field of colors from not just a dozen of flowers, but a million of buds growing in the wild and nourished naturally by nature.
Spring Wildflowers Fluttering with the Ocean Breeze
For more of my spring posts, please visit my hiking blog At The Backroads.
For some of my latest posts:
1. Spring….. Again 
Hiking and the Ocean at Torrey Pines State Reserve.
2. San Diego Blooms. Wildflower Hot Spots in San Diego.
3. Blue Sky Ecological Reserve- an urban hike that hides the trace of civilization in a few steps.
hi Beth! i love all the photos! i went to the backroads, gave a comment, di naman ata pumasok huhuhuhu…my fave picture here is the Sea of Gold by the Sea but i do adore them all! and i love the lady behind the lens! “winks”
beth, your spring flower photographs are gorgeous!! makes me wanna pack my bags and fly over there right now so i could go hiking with you guys and revel in the spring splendor you are so blessed with over there:) it’s true … the beauty of nature, such as all the lovely flowers you shared with us here, can easily bring smiles to our faces and make us temporarily forget the cares of the week as we enjoy the Great Outdoors, God’s gift to us. i love how you emphasized “what God can do with drab and dirt” … yes, it is amazing indeed how a desolate landscape (from winter) can be transformed almost overnight into a rich rainbow of colors, just like magic!! thanks for sharing these inspiring spring photos with us, beth, as well as your thoughts on spring. through them, i can see the hand of God, and it simply makes me smile:) have a wonderful weekend, dear beth!
the pictures really speak for themselves. your words are so apt, beth. you are an extraordinary photojournalist.
i liked the rainbow of colours the most but surely you know how crazy am i in your photos.
like zen, i love the lady behind the lens too!
quoting what MJ said, “the beauty of nature, such as all the lovely flowers you shared with us here, can easily bring smiles to our faces and make us temporarily forget the cares of the week as we enjoy the Great Outdoors, God’s gift to us. ”
and i agree with che, you are one extraordinary photojournalist!
i’m slowing down a bit in respect to my late grandfather but i’m happy now to have him sent back in God’s paradise to rest in peace…
Thanks a lot Zen, MJ, Che and Cher.
@ Zen, thanks for stopping by At The Backroads, the comments there are being moderated if the email address is new, so that’s why you thought hindi pumasok, got it, and approved it. Hehehe, bago na naman kasi email mo
@ MJ, yes, if only we could ha? but i know at your condition right now, flying would and travel would be difficult. And me too, I had been wishing to visit your side of the country during autumn, but I do not understand why there is no “atumn break” while there is “spring break”.
@ Che, thanks. How I wish, but it is okay, I am happy teaching too. I met 2 photojournalists here in San Diego, one is actually a physics professor in the same district i work with and they talk about the geology and other sciences of nature like experts (maybe they developed through the years of their exploration), so I know, I am still very far. They published books too (photo books and hiking guide books), aahhh, for now, it is just a dream, hihi. For now, my works serve my family and friends only, as I use them whenever I become tourist guide.
@ Cher, thanks again for stopping. I am glad to hear your happiness in sending your grandfather to God’s paradise to rest in peace. Our condolences and prayers again Cher.
kimchai, or was it kodakikay(kikay ng kodak as put forward by boyet)…anywayz,it is as always wonderful to be here in your cozy nook watching the kaleidoscope of colors springs graceously bares…..
“It is a time where nature shows what God can do with drab and dirt.” true my friend very true, everything GOD touches is amazingly beautiful!!
thanks to you… for capturing it for the rest of us who can’t be there to witness the glory of it to enjoy…
Kimchai…the sea of flowers are suffocatingly beautiful (meron bang ganung expression?)…but that’s the first thing that came to my mind kase…i’ve seen the pix but didn’t know you wrote a blog post on this…so sorry for being so late…i’m on an invisible mode lately…
calming photos…assuring that life is simply beautiful…thanks to those amazing eyes behind the camera…like what eng said…you’ve shared to us the beauty you witnessed through your magic lenses…
your photographs capture the colors of God’s great work of art…thanks for sharing and reminding us that seasons change…and it’s natures’ wonder in itself…hmmm cool change indeed!…
“When spring comes, the land awakens, and the hills become alive.”