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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***JUNE PHOTO CONTEST FINALS POLL: SPRING***
These are the finalists in the June 2025 Photo Contest. The theme is Spring.
The entries are listed alphabetically.
Please vote for the photo that you think best exemplifies the theme.
Thanks to all of the participants for their entries!
This poll will remain open for 72 hours.
A visitor

Brushstrokes

Buds to Blooms

Makin' Blackberries

Nurturing new life

Rolling in the Deep

Spring bloom

Springtime Is To Garden Even On A Balcony

Tulip time

Wild Spring Beauties

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| A visitor | |
25 (16%) |
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| Brushstrokes | |
54 (35%) |
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| Buds to Blooms | |
12 (8%) |
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| Makin' Blackberries | |
6 (4%) |
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| Nurturing new life | |
26 (17%) |
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| Rolling in the Deep | |
3 (2%) |
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| Spring bloom | |
5 (3%) |
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| Springtime Is To Garden Even On A Balcony | |
3 (2%) |
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| Tulip time | |
6 (4%) |
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| Wild Spring Beauties | |
14 (9%) |
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FalloutShelter
(14,190 posts)All great submissions!
Srkdqltr
(9,387 posts)Solly Mack
(96,374 posts)SheltieLover
(76,922 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Biophilic
(6,404 posts)democrank
(12,169 posts)Wonderful!
Raven123
(7,563 posts)planetc
(8,835 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(4,222 posts)Upthevibe
(10,033 posts)These are so beautiful!
Thank you
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)You are most welcome!
littlemissmartypants
(31,685 posts)In Nurturing new life, the photographer has captured the oxytocin in the eyes of the mama. That's amazing camera work. I love it. ❤️
niyad
(129,663 posts)littlemissmartypants
(31,685 posts)Did you read my DUmail? I hope it didn't freak you out if you did.
❤️
George McGovern
(10,897 posts)littlemissmartypants
(31,685 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(4,222 posts)I didn't even know what oxytocin was. I had to google it. My wife says I should have just asked her. 😉
Congratulations on your posting milestone.
FYI, I think I might have been standing next to CaliforniaPeggy when I took this photo.
littlemissmartypants
(31,685 posts)littlemissmartypants
(31,685 posts)PDF
https://users.sussex.ac.uk/~grahamh/RM1web/Classic%20papers/Harlow1958.pdf
Cloth Mother vs. Wire Mother Experiment, Harlow (1958)
Oxytocin is why snakes sleep in a pile... among other fun facts. I tell people that it's a dangerous drug.
Beringia
(5,356 posts)niyad
(129,663 posts)talent, and brilliant life??? quel impossible!!!
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,152 posts)HAB911
(10,295 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,152 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,152 posts)a kennedy
(35,345 posts)blogslug
(39,086 posts)❤️ 📷 ❤️
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(12,172 posts)This time, it is extraordinarily hard - there is not one unworthy of winning in the entire group. I would gladly hang any and all of them on a wall in my home.
Grumpy Old Guy
(4,222 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(16,186 posts)thanks!