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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***JUNE CONTEST FINALS POLL: SPRING ***
These are the finalists in the June 2026 Photo Contest. The theme is Spring.
When Spring arrives, how do you feel? What do you see? What does Spring mean to you?
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.
Finals Choices
Courtyard April Sunset

Early Swiss Spring

Harkless Flat, Inyo National Forest, early May

Hello!

Mountain Wildflowers

New Born

She wore blue velvet

Sophie says you gotta stop and smell the flowers!

Spring Thaw

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| Courtyard April Sunset | |
43 (20%) |
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| Early Swiss Spring | |
17 (8%) |
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| Harkless Flat, Inyo National Forest, early May | |
47 (22%) |
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| Hello! | |
15 (7%) |
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| Mountain Wildflowers | |
32 (15%) |
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| New Born | |
30 (14%) |
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| She Wore Blue Velvet | |
8 (4%) |
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| Sophie says you gotta stop and smell the flowers! | |
14 (7%) |
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| Spring Thaw | |
9 (4%) |
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Solly Mack
(97,409 posts)thinkingagain
(1,355 posts)They all deserve to win
FalloutShelter
(14,723 posts)Congrats to everyone.
Diamond_Dog
(41,444 posts)MIButterfly
(3,416 posts)Fantastic job, everybody!
CaliforniaPeggy
(157,200 posts)SheltieLover
(82,555 posts)Tough choice!
lamp_shade
(15,542 posts)mnhtnbb
(33,589 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(157,200 posts)brer cat
(27,752 posts)wendyb-NC
(4,749 posts)They are all perfect descriptions of how it is when spring arrives.
displacedvermoter
(5,209 posts)George McGovern
(13,403 posts)mnhtnbb
(33,589 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(18,183 posts)I wanted to vote for all the above! I chose Sophie.
urbanhermit
(878 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,444 posts)Jack Valentino
(5,373 posts)I kept a couple as pets for a time, but I live in Michigan and thus bought mine from a pet shop which carried a lot of reptiles and amphibians....
They were entertaining.
George McGovern
(13,403 posts)mnhtnbb
(33,589 posts)It's raining here in drought ridden North Carolina! Hooray!
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(15,400 posts)Beringia
(5,693 posts)sinkingfeeling
(58,216 posts)JustKay
(207 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(20,048 posts)a kennedy
(36,713 posts)George McGovern
(13,403 posts)ornotna
(11,598 posts)Good luck
blogslug
(39,248 posts)📷
Luciferous
(6,625 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(157,200 posts)George McGovern
(13,403 posts)George McGovern
(13,403 posts)Ziggysmom
(4,186 posts)Botany
(78,180 posts)Although I voted for Harkless Flat the picture of the Mules Ears and Lupine
made me happy.
George McGovern
(13,403 posts)mnhtnbb
(33,589 posts)color, warmth, new growth, new life!