Springtime photographs from an afternoon walk around College Hill on the first Sunday in May. Early May is when everything finally leafs out, and this shoot was the first one this year where I really felt it. The deep greens in some of these frames make it clear the warm season has arrived.

Scenes from a spring evening walk around downtown Pawtucket, near City Hall and Slater Mill, in mid April during the peak of cherry blossoms season.

Celebrating Rhode Island Independence Day with some favorites from around the Ocean State.

Two hundred and fifty years ago today, on May 4, 1776, Rhode Island became the first colony to renounce allegiance to Great Britain, two months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. From Roger Williams' founding principles of religious freedom in 1636, to the first military action against the Crown with the burning of the Gaspee in 1772, and the birth of the Industrial Revolution at Slater Mill in 1793, Rhode Islanders have always moved first.

Now, 250 years later, the Independent Man still stands tall atop the State House, carrying that spirit of defiance forward.

Scenes from Easter Saturday afternoon in Newport during Daffodil Days.

Last Sunday afternoon in Newport during the annual daffodil days celebration, I spent the first sunny weekend evening in a couple of weeks out photographing some of the over 1.5 million daffodils around the city of Newport. This has become one of my favorite spots in the Ocean State to come during the spring, and the warm Sunday afternoon weather and flowers blooming everywhere made summer just around the corner.

Happy Earth Day! Spring has finally arrived in Rhode Island. Late last week I went over to Slater Park before sunset to capture some photos under the cherry blossoms. This is one the first spots in the city to pop with spring color, and one of my favorite spots for spring in the Ocean State. The cherry blossoms are one of the first signs of brighter days, warmer weather, and the summer to come.

It's Masters weekend, and yesterday it was mid 60s and sunny in Providence. For the first time this year, I got to take a walk around the city with my camera. The riverwalk was alive with people, trees were budding everywhere, and there was a 50 person line for ice cream by the pedestrian bridge. The first signs of "real" spring in Providence.