Spring flowers bring color to Baltimore
Sun photojournalist Karl Merton Ferron was walking with his family one morning in March and noticed hints of color from early spring flowers contrasted against an otherwise brown-and-gray winter.
With the anticipation of springtime, he photographed the renewed colors and vibrancy of emerging blossoms. Some may consider a number of the images to be mere weeds, but weeds are only those plants people choose to remove, rather than cultivate.
These photos by Ferron creatively show that anything can become a photograph we might want to look at with a smile.
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- Crocuses stand as snow melts on their petals after an eartly spring snow on Vine Street for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Monday, March. 25, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Morning dew on clovers. Springtime flora and fauna in the Baltimore area Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Wax plants on W. Fayette Street for springtime greenery with a splash of color in the Baltimore area. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Daffodils reach into the sky at the southeastern portion of Druid Lake reservoir. Springtime flora and fauna in the Baltimore area Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- A tulip flower’s petals on Schilling Circle are the backdrop for its stamens, which surround the pistil as the sun peeks from above. Springtime flora and fauna in the Baltimore area Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- An Einstein daffodil at the Arboretum in the Baltimore area Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Springtime flora and fauna at the Arboretum in the Baltimore area Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Blooms that appear to be Hosta flowers at sunset next to Monroe Street for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- What may be a Persian Speedwell flower near Arlington Avenue. Springtime flora and fauna in the Baltimore area Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Pansies welcome visitors to the inner harbor on Light Street at the end of Conway Street for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- A violet has rainwater near Schroeder Street. Springtime flora and fauna in the Baltimore area Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- A bed of pansies in front of the U.S.S. Constellation at Harborplace for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Flowers, called Muscari, or Grape Hyacinth, grow at Harbor East. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- A type of double blossom cherry tree on Industry Lane. Springtime flora and fauna in the Baltimore area Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- A dandelion blossoms, revealing its detail on Industry Lane. Springtime flora and fauna in the Baltimore area Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- A forsythia bush is late to bloom at Cylburn Arboretum for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Sunday, Apr. 21, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Blooms that appear to be Hosta flowers near Carroll Mansion are ion bloom as the moon rises for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- A pink dogwood tree at Ruscombe Mansion for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Sunday, Apr. 21, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Purple deadnettle rise among the grasses along railroad cars at the end of Fulton Street for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Clover with a train at the end of S. Fulton Street as a backdrop for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Wild strawberry blossoms, sometimes mistaken as buttercups, near Francis M. Wood High School for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Friday, Apr. 19, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Blossoming crabapple tree on Yellowwood Avenue for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Sunday, Apr. 21, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- A dandelion puff with a nearly-full moon aligned as a backdrop at twilight for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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- Blooms that appear to be Hosta flowers next to Carroll Mansion at dusk for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
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