I wish the weather had cooperated more. Spring shots are supposed to reflect a glorious light as life resumes, hope returns. Greens should be vivid, the yellow and purples of new growth should pop.

But through much of my free time of the past week, darker skies prevailed. And it rained.

On Sunday, I thought: enough is enough. So, I headed out with my umbrella and weather sealed Fujifilm body and lens kit and tried to tackle the topic in a more subtle manner. To show the season minus all the glorious, vivid and pop.

Here are the rest of my images:

And here are Joey’s:

This one is my favorite of the trio. I love the bumble bee and blurry areas of this image.