An interesting slab of rock between West Commercial Street and the West End.

A scenic stop near Jackman, Maine on the way to Quebec City yesterday.

A pleasant looking sidewalk garden on Pleasant Street. I'm seeing more and more of these around town and am feeling inspired to make one...

A busy-looking bee at work in a West End garden.

The quintessential springtime shot looking up at cherry blossoms, from a few days ago.

A throwback to the Pink Tulips (part of the Maine Cancer Foundation's Pink Tulip Project) in Lincoln Park back in May 2013.

Three egrets striking a pose in the shallows of Back Cove, from September.

Spring is in the air and on the trees around here.

Just a dusting of snow this morning, enough to confuse the flowers I suppose.

Since it's Thursday, it's time to go into the archives and post a previously unseen photo. This photo of the footbridge atop Jewell...

I was pretty impressed with this vine of morning glories spotted in the West End recently: 

A recent view of the waterfall/dam at Stroudwater Village. This was taken last Saturday and there wasn't much foliage in the direct are...

Looking down from the observation tower on Jewell Island :

A sunflower and a sunset (and some awkward lens flare) from the North Street Community Garden on Munjoy Hill:

Flowers in bloom at Fort Gorges:

Flowers are in abundance now, but this photo taken in early May was back when they were just starting to pop back up around town: 

A patch of dark purple/violet tulips along the Western Promenade: In other news, Kate McCarty of the Blueberry Files blog recently r...

Sticking with the recent flower theme today with a shot off of Free Street:

Happy Mother's Day to the mothers in the audience. Here are some photogenic pink flowers at Post Office Park yesterday: