Thanks all for lovely selection in March. Welcome to April !

Thanks Sara, I've forgotten which picture I had ready but probably this one, the North Downs in Kent from a village called Pootings. But plenty more to follow through the week, it's easily got the best views I've come across anywhere in the country and keep finding more every time I go to Kent.

Colourful start to the garden this year

I've remembered now, it turns out I'd forgotten to add it online so didn't see it the first time round. This is just south of Limpsfield.

How lovely that light is,David.
butterfly on the washer

Easter processions

Oooer Szabs, what are they?

Very colorful.

This cloud formation caught my eye this morning.

All so lovely!

Here's Precious, striking a typical pose.

I like these sort of signs, this is at the south end of Milton Keynes

A relaxed Australian about to head into the Easter break! A koala in a gumtree (where else would you find one!) on Raymond Island in the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria.

The start of the Dunstable Downs on the A5

Cool pix everybody! (loved the colour in Szabs and Mike's "stoned" koala lol)

Speaking of cool, yesterday we had no snow. This is what we woke up to at 5 a.m. (note, it was actually darker than this, but the camera decided to compensate and focus on the garage light lol).



It stormed until about 2 this afternoon. High winds, poor visibility, slush so deep you couldn't change lanes. Power was out in many locations as transformers were blowing up due to heavy snow (folks thought they were lightning flashes lol), not to mention numerous cars hitting power poles etc. Thankfully, it's warm enough during the day now (slightly above freezing) that the snow has a chance to melt if the sun comes out.. but sheesh, I could fully understand if Mother Nature was pulling another April Fool's joke, but come on, it's the 5th already! No more "surprises" okay? : )

Mollie posing again



This was the first of 10 photos she moved for the other 9

Lol! Norty Mollie!

Belleville has long been a railway town, as this monument in the Bayside Park makes clear. Inset in the path around the monument are commemorative stones, celebrating long service on Canadian Railways.

Great photos everyone!

Here is moonrise on Good Friday night.

Are they still floodwaters, Jill, or is that a local lake? No moon here in Melbourne tonight, the heavens have opened.

How lovely that is Jill.

Ren - They are penitents from the Brotherhoods that walk behind the "thrones - floats " that are paraded throughout the streets (they don´t belong to the KluKlux Klan). Those in the previous picture followed the "Throne" (images of Christ or The Virgin) in the picture below on Palm Sunday.



This throne is carried by 224 men, who parade throughout the main streets of Malaga carrying the platform on their shoulder for 6 - 7 hours. As you can see in the picture, the first man on the left has his head covered, he will do the whole route blindfolded as a promise or penitence, this particular man was also walking barefooted. On most days throughout the Holy week there is 7 - 8 Brotherhoods, that parade their floats, they usually start at dusk and don´t get back to their churches, till early hours in the morning.

I include this link, which will give you the essence of what Easter is here in Malaga.
Easter in Malaga

Fields north of St Albans

Mike - Love the Koala, so peaceful up that gum tree.

Jake - All that snow makes me shiver, we are just about to start going to the beach, although the picture is beautiful.

Gees - Millie is just adorable .

Copago - Beautiful picture, it looks so peaceful.

Well it is a local lake, Mike, .. filled by floodwaters There's no constant stream into it and it sort of needs the Darling and the Paroo rivers to be in flood for it to fill. It is nearly full again and will last about four years. It's about 30ft deep out in the middle and is great for playing in.

Szabs, your Easter photos are beautiful. The processions look so elaborate - must be a sight to see.

Szabs, thankyou. For the explanation and the link. That is so interesting.
Your picture is incredible, like a painting. I am gasping!

Spring has sprung in my garden

Szabs - abolutely love those photos. They look like a sort of medieval religious painting.

Not often I see one of these, and I got to drive it this evening.

I'm really enjoying everyone's photos, but think szabs' contributions, with additional info, on Easter in Malaga have been special.

Thank you all for your kind words, my favourite time to take pictures is Easter because you can get some incredible shots. The hazy aura the pictures have is mainly due to the street lighting at the time. When I took those two pictures I didnt realize what they would look like till I enlarged them in my computer.

Although this is not a particularly good picture, it is taken from a balcony and you can see how many men are carrying this throne with one of the Virgins. You can also see there are chairs, these are rented out by the town hall and the Brotherhoods for the whole week, they are very hard to get and are quite expensive! The city centre of Malaga completely closes down for the Holy week, as all these processions take place on the main streets of the city.