Spring is the morning of the year… The Golden Rod by Frank Dempster Sherman is written about autumn, but I couldn’t find a better description for the season. All the forces of Nature awaken, the Sun is regaining his strength, a seed begins to sprout and a lamb is born. Life is young.
Morning in the mountains is quiet, hazy and cool. I get out of the car and all the sheep run away. Then they stop, and slowly come back. You think they look at me and pose for a photograph? Not at all. I left the car door open, and it is the music that fascinates the sheep. It is Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals. I am not joking. The old sheep didn’t move until the music was over. The lamb were not overcome by art to that extent, and soon went around jumping and just being lamb.
The sun goes up and soon the rolling hills are lit and warmed. The weather in March is never the same too long.
The fowl of the earth are celebrating spring too. No chicks yet, but I came across some moorhen chick photographs in Sarah Potter blog . They are so cute, have a look ! 🙂 I love these green legs! This moorhen is marching around the pond in Stephens Green Park in Dublin.
A young gull with dramatic wings looks like a Fallen Angel. In fact, he is just trying to catch a slice of bread.
I took this picture in The Burren, right beside the Poulnabrone Dolmen. These cheerful sprouts are Lamiaceae family members, but I am not sure what exactly they are.
This picture was taken in Clonmel, between Lady Blessingtons Bath and Raheen Road on St. Patrick’s day 2007. Sadly, this daffodil field doesn’t exist any more. It was leveled during the City Council reconstruction works.
You wouldn’t believe, but the next three pictures are taken in March too. It was in 2009, we got a word that the famous Magnolia trees in Lismore Castle park were in bloom.
Camellia, Lismore Castle garden.
An when you think that the winter is gone, there comes a hailstorm.
The weather changes in a matter of minutes.
On days like this, you want to sit in the beach and listen to the surf and the rustling sound of sand…
…or build a castle.
They say that Mark Twain once observed “one hundred and thirty six kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours”. That must have been in March. Capricious March! Sometimes it is difficult to be nice and balanced in the morning, even if it is the morning of the year 😉
Have a wonderful weekend!
Making memories 
I had no idea that sheep were so attracted to music. We live and learn, as they say. Lovely post and stunning photos, Inese – and a very appropriate title, too. This year, it seems to have been ‘Springish’ for months! We’re all still waiting for consistently warmer weather. (But then I tell myself, ‘this is Britain we’re talking about!’) Even the poor moorhen chick had to wear its green tights.
Thank you or your kind comment! Yes, the weather has been funny for months. No proper spring this year.
I was inspired by that sheep and tried the trick a few more times, but no one was impressed and all the other sheep just run away from me. Well, not everyone is born to be a Mozart, right? 🙂
just beautiful…
Thank you so much, Mihran! Hope you are having a happy spring!
Beautiful photos–I especially like the ones of the magnolia tree and sheep 🙂
Thank you so much! 🙂
Love the camellias! It seems the weather is always as mad…
Thank you Olga! This spring the weather is the worst ever 😦 Hope you had a good time in Spain.
Gorgeous spring pictures Inese, they’re dreamy and fresh 🙂
Thank you so much, Andrea! 🙂
Had to share these lovely shots with my boy. =)
Thank you! 🙂 Springtime in the mountains is a delight. Did he love the cute lamb?
Of course!
I’ve seen a lot of ‘woolly jumpers’ lately too. In fact tomorrow’s post will star a few. 🙂 A few rainbows too… Happy weekend!
Thank you! 🙂 It is a season of the woolly jumpers 🙂 Look forward to reading your post!
Your photographs are fab. And as always a great read 🙂 x
Thank you so much! 🙂 I love your post about the New Year celebrations 🙂
I am in love with these exquisite shots! Thanks for sharing the beauty.
Kate, thank you so much for your kind comment!
Love the pics of camellias and the cute sheep!
Thank you so much for stopping by!
I adore your pictures and the stories behind the scene. The pictures comes alive and vibrates the essence of the present moment. I love all of your pictures. 😉 The lamb are adorable! Knowing they pause just for the music. They become amusing just by looking at them. Thank you for these lovely stories. Diane 😉
Thank you so much, Diane! Sheep can stand like that for several minutes and then suddenly take off as if they remembered something 🙂
You were at the right time and at the right place. Awesome! 😉
Thank you 🙂
I just wanna hug those sheep! So cute.
Haha, thank you! They are cute indeed.
This is simply a dreamy piece of spring finding its way on my screen this morning ~ the first shot just brilliant. There is something for nature waking up in the spring that brings out all types of opportunities, for all animals. With the weather being in its normal temperamental state of spring, it is quite perfect to say here, in like a lion out like a lamb ~ Wish you a great spring time ahead Inese 🙂
Thank you so much, Randall! February and March are the lamb months, and it is always fun to drive up the mountains early in the morning when sheep are out for breakfast. Beautiful time of the year, it is.
You have surely put together the perfect spring photo/essay combination.
I just adore the music loving sheep, and the daffodil field is stunning.
Thank you.
Thank you for your visit! 🙂
Love the pictures–so beautiful!
Thank you so much, Michele!
Interesting, indeed! I was counting the winter and summer months yesterday, and I came to conclusion that we get only summer and winter in this part of Canada which is Ontario, and March and April for quite a few years have felt like winter, too.
I loved the field of daffodils and felt sorry that they had removed it to make place for who knows what. Magnolias fascinate me, and even though, we won’t have any blooms soon, we are painting them after a few weeks.
Oh I know what you are talking about! You only have summer and winter, and we only have autumn and spring, that’s all 🙂
That year magnolias were in bloom at least ten days earlier than expected. Daffodils are the earliest guests, and they are normally gone by St Patrick’s day if the spring is warm. Speaking of that daffodil picture, there is nothing, just grass these days.
Loved the blog – that is so interesting about the lamb liking the music. It never occurred to me that animals could enjoy it like we do. Great pix too!
Thank you for stopping by! After that success, I tried to attract other sheep with music, but they were not interested at all, and run away from me.
That certainly took me through the gamut of feelings about spring. Excellent picks. I really love the moorhen with green legs
Thank you so much! I too love the moorhen! It was a bright sunny morning, and the pond was full of reflections and light. The moorhen was busy marching around the pond and picking on invisible bread crumbs.
Happy Spring! TY for this lovely post.
Thank you for stopping by, Resa!