The Beauty of My Neighbourhood (Spring Version)

This will be a bit of a different post. It will not feature anything from or about my garden. It will still feature plants. Just not mine. All spring long I've been inspired and motivated by the beautiful trees and flowers I've seen while walking through my neighbourhood in the West side of Lansing. So I decided to get up early this morning with camera in hand and take a walk in order to get some pictures of what I've been able to see every day.

At 6:30 in the morning, I was generally one of the only people out. There was a car here and there but mostly I was on the streets alone. By 7 or 7:30, this wasn't as true. And I kind of started to feel a little like a stalker/intruder by snapping all of these pictures with people starting to come out and possibly notice me. For that reason, I didn't get a complete and comprehensive sampling of the neighbourhood but I did my best. I also tried to leave out as many identifying information or markers as I could out of respect for my fellow neighbours. Also, these may seem a bit repetitive and probably are. But when I came across a sight that I deemed beautiful, I took a picture. This will mean there are a lot of repeats of the same tree or flowers but that is OK. Is a Tiger any less beautiful because you saw one at the zoo last week? I think no.

I present to you my neighbourhood.