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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 | |
55 (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
(14,133 posts)All great submissions!
Srkdqltr
(9,313 posts)Solly Mack
(96,283 posts)SheltieLover
(76,122 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Biophilic
(6,379 posts)democrank
(12,060 posts)Wonderful!
Raven123
(7,465 posts)planetc
(8,815 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(4,201 posts)Upthevibe
(9,992 posts)These are so beautiful!
Thank you
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)You are most welcome!
littlemissmartypants
(31,424 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
(129,333 posts)littlemissmartypants
(31,424 posts)Did you read my DUmail? I hope it didn't freak you out if you did.
❤️
George McGovern
(10,671 posts)littlemissmartypants
(31,424 posts)Grumpy Old Guy
(4,201 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
(31,424 posts)littlemissmartypants
(31,424 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
(5,326 posts)niyad
(129,333 posts)talent, and brilliant life??? quel impossible!!!
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,020 posts)HAB911
(10,246 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,020 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,020 posts)a kennedy
(35,191 posts)blogslug
(39,075 posts)❤️ 📷 ❤️
Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(12,168 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
(4,201 posts)Mousetoescamper
(6,819 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(16,182 posts)thanks!