Photo gallery Spring takes its own sweet time
Nature seems to be taking a halting approach this year to unfurling the highly anticipated and deeply appreciated splendor of late spring — which makes even the slightest glimmer all the more glorious. Here is some of what University Communications director of photography Jeff Miller saw on a recent quest for seasonal scenery.
![A person wearing sunglasses reclining on her back on a blanket while looking at her phone](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/BascHill_spring22_9331-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Taking what she called a “brain break before final exams,” first-year student Olivia Hill of Appleton, Wis., relaxes on a blanket spread out on Bascom Hill on May 5.![Closeup of pink flowers on a tree with bell tower in background](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Carillon_Tower_spring22_9621-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Blossoming fuchsia flowers of a magnolia tree near the Carillon Tower on May 5.![A small black bird with red and yellow epaulets flying away from a snag](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Lakeshore_Path_spring22_9749-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
A red-winged blackbird takes flight from a perch atop a decaying tree in a marshy area near University Bay and the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path on May 5.![A woman walking a dog on a leash along an outdoor nature trail](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Lakeshore_Path_spring22_9670-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Amber Bianco, a vet tech with the School of Veterinary Medicine, walks her German Shepherd, Axl, past willow trees lining a path near University Bay and the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path on May 5.![Two people standing on a footbridge with red failings](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Allen_C_Garden_spring22_9533-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Undergraduates Lauren Belz, left, and Maggie Afshar pause on a bridge overlooking the pond garden at Allen Centennial Garden on May 5.![Closeup of in-focus tree branches with food carts and customers in soft focus in the background](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/State_Libray_mall_spring22_9181-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Flowering crabapple trees frame a view of food-cart vendors at the intersection of State Street Mall and Library Mall on May 4.![Two men jogging down a path past still-brown vegetation](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Lakeshore_Path_spring22_9680-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
A pair of runners jog along a path near University Bay and the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path on May 5.![A shrub with yellow flowers in the foreground; a hard-scaped plaza and two buildings beyond in soft focus](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Education_plaza_spring22_9380-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
A brilliant yellow forsythia shrub graces the Education Building plaza on May 5, with Helen C. White Hall, left, and Science Hall just beyond.![Red and yellow tulips blossom in a flower bed](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2022/05/Wisc_tulips_spring22_9445-1024x688.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Tulips decorate a traffic circle at the intersection of Walnut Street and Observatory Drive on the west end of campus on May 5.Tags: recent sightings