Spring blooms dress up the neighborhood

Since I began visiting Southern states and communities a few years ago, I've come to look forward to the spring blooms ... especially azaleas. In fact, in our first visit to Savannah, Ga., in March 2017, the wealth and prominence of azaleas there -- throughout the various neighborhood squares (parks) and at Bonaventure Cemetery -- bloom was what I most remember.

Azaleas populate the landscapes in North Carolina as well, and several azalea bushes are among the plantings we inherited when we bought our property here last July.

Because I made a point to swing through our neighborhood in January after a rare, heavy snowfall, I decided the other day to made a spring swing through Wynford Place and record the various colors in bloom.

Like on our property, azaleas and flowering dogwoods are popular in Wynford Place. You'll see a lot of those in the pictures with this post.

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Photo geek stuff: I took all photos with a Canon 6D and Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD lens. All compositions were bracketed for three exposures for processing in Photomatix high-dynamic range (HDR) software. All of the pictures in this post are HDR images.