a splash of color on monday
a photo study documenting the colors of the spectrum: the balance points between light reflected and light absorbed
~rainbow mondays~ april may
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~rainbow mondays~ spiral heart tunnels
why i love spring: metaphors for rebirth literally growing on trees; the mascot for lightness of being zooming past my head each time i walk out my door; the spiraling of life curling outward into the light; and oh, the light!
rainbow flash!
perhaps inspired by spring, my husband and i are purposefully taking brisk walks, and some slower but longer walks… on the beach!
so nice to catch a sunset on the beach!
lightness, light, and pink blossoms!
baby pink: i am having fun being a nana.
petal pink
red: this rufous male has been showing off quite a range of colors! he is pictured multiple times throughout the post.
red-orange!
orange: moths and bumblebees fluttering in the flowers.
orange: this was amazing to witness! hungry robin (with rusty orange breast) yanking on a worm!
orange: flashy face with backlit tail feathers.
yellow: skunk cabbage in bloom
yellow: angled to shimmer like gold…
green: and emeralds!
green: dusty rose fairy gown columbine foliage emerging!
green: skunk cabbage after a spring rain
green: trilliums! we are amazed at how early these have bloomed this year!
green: i think i am somewhat related to plants in that i only start to feel alive again this time of year. grateful for the light activating my chlorophyll!
green: even the trout lilies are up! depending on how you tilt your head, you can see their curled leaves as spiral heart tunnels.
green: trout lilies almost ready to bloom!
blue: i spied the first forget-me-nots yesterday!
blue: i also witnessed a bald eagle flying overhead stealthily, because i just happened to be looking up.
purple: this young anna’s male has a striking plum color to his plumage.
purple: and perhaps a little candy pink mixed in for good measure?
tan: sand like dragon scales. love the texture!
brown: dahlia spiral memory; in addition to the benign neglect creating habitat for beneficial insects, it provides a frequent perch for the hummingbirds.
white: spring rebirth inspiring me to dust off my heart-shaped lens to look upon this beautiful world!
a splash of color on monday
a photo study documenting the colors of the spectrum: the balance points between light reflected and light absorbed
~rainbow mondays~ delphinious
it’s the merry month of may, with flowers brought to you by april showers, and the most likely month of the year in which rainbow mondays will take place on tuesdays.
red: there is now more light reaching the leaves of our little japanese maple tree, because sometimes my husband participates in unauthorized dangerous activities while i am away at farmer’s market on saturdays. he built his bridge and walked out on it with his chain-saw-on-a-pole to saw a few limbs off of this cedar. always trying to let more light into our lives, that guy.
red: red-legged friend in my rainbow garden
orange: california poppies with forget me nots and herb robert flowers.
orange: this bee thinks comfrey flowers are the bee’s knees. you could see her orange saddle bags a little more in some other angles, but i had to choose this shot because i love how she has dived into this flower with such abandon. busy bees are certainly an apt mascot for this busy month!
yellow: the golden chain tree has bloomed its curtains of flowers.
yellow: mustard-covered fields viewed from the passenger’s seat.
green: i got to play assistant chef to the guy in the trex shirt, as he arranged plates of lemon-filled crepes with strawberries, sliced moro oranges, and whipped cream.
green: a bayou friend sipping from the newly bloomed twinberry flowers.
green: rich and i are both fascinated with the dramatic stages of budding and blooming on this chinese snowball tree. one of my favorite stages is when the flowers are still green, on their way to becoming snowballs!
blue: speaking of snow, several fields full of white flowers threw us for a loop under the warm blue sky of may when we drove through the valley. we saw signs for radish seed nearby, and i think radish flowers are white. otherwise, it could be some sort of fun flowering cover crop.
blue: also on our valley drive, we stopped at a favorite place to rest and found the wild delphinium in full bloom.
blue: it was good to immerse myself briefly in their setting; cool, blue, blossoming right where they are meant to be. their name, synonymous with the effortless, gliding grace of a spirit friend of mine, reminds me of my word of the year, streamline. a timely reminder, that i am unfurling my petals right where i need to be, too.
purple: i am grateful today for my husband’s way of knowing when i need a little aromatherapy (when he steers our walking path past the lilacs in bloom), or therapy behind the lens of my camera (making possible this here rainbow post), or simply need to be hugged for a long time and told i am loved.
a splash of color on monday
a photo study documenting the colors of the spectrum: the balance points between light reflected and light absorbed