Happy 4th of July!

 

Happy 4th of July!

To all the men and women who serve and fight to maintain our freedom, thank you!

To their families who support them, thank you!

Summertime Colors

 I am linking up with 52 Photos Project today. 

The theme this week is Summertime Colors and I always think of flowers. I used to spend a few weeks each summer as a child at my Grandparents house in the big city of Milwaukee, WI. I and my little brother, no parents, it was so much fun. 

My Grandmother had some of the most beautiful roses and lush flower gardens in her back yard. In the morning she would tend to her garden while we would play in the yard.

My Mom now has beautiful flower gardens (which is where all of pictures included above were taken recently during a visit home) and I know in my heart that if I had a yard I would too. In the meantime, I visit the gardens of Central Park.

Visit 52 Photos Project to see the wonderful pictures of everyone else's interpretation of Summertime Colors. 

Sunday Color Snippets

This week I want to take you back

to my Mom's flower garden.

Her Clematis was such a

beautiful blue/purple that

I couldn't resist taking a few shots

when I was visiting recently.

 

 

 

 

I hope your Sunday is full of color.

Day 31 May Flower Challenge

Welcome to Day 31 of the May Flower Challenge

I'm fascinated with flowers. They are all over my tiny apartment. I photograph them all the time. I draw, paint, doodle them, create them out of paper... I also see them all over the NYC. Each day I will post flowers and I hope that you will join in. The only rules are that your blog post or flickr photo that you link must contain flowers. Click above on the May Flower Challenge Page to learn more.   

It is the last day of my Mary Flower Challenge.

Thank you for visiting, 

participating, commenting,

linking, enjoying and playing all month.

Here are a few of my favorite 

photos from the past month.

and a few more...

I really cannot say thank you enough. 

I enjoyed visiting each of your blogs and/or flickr photos. 

Your comments always mean the world to me.

Flowers really do have a special place in my heart and soul. 

I am sure that you will see more of them on my blog.

Participate by linking your blog post to my blog post. Each day during May, starting on May 1st, on my blog post I will have a linkytool available so that you can link your specific blog post (not just your blog but the post itself) to my blog post. And, please remember to link back.

Participate by linking to the flickr group - May Flower Challenge- and adding a photo of your flower creation. Make sure you add your photo to the linky below each day that you post.

Day 20 May Flower Challenge - Sunday Color Snippets Blue

 Welcome to day 20 of the May Flower Challenge.

I'm fascinated with flowers. They are all over my tiny apartment. I photograph them all the time. I draw, paint, doodle them, create them out of paper... I also see them all over the NYC. Each day I will post flowers and I hope that you will join in. The only rule is that your blog post or flickr photo that you link must contain flowers. Click above on the May Flower Challenge Page to learn more. 

Blue

I'm fascinated with blue lately.

I notice the sky more these days 

which I believe draws me to blue more all around me.

I see blue in the Central Park gardens.

Is there a particular color that you are drawn to this week?

Participate by linking your blog post to my blog post. Each day during May, starting on May 1st, on my blog post I will have a linkytool available so that you can link your specific blog post (not just your blog but the post itself) to my blog post. And, please remember to link back.

Participate by linking to the flickr group - May Flower Challenge- and adding a photo of your flower creation. Make sure you add your photo to the linky below each day that you post.

March Color Challenge & WOYWW

I'm participating in Louise Gale's Creative Color Challenge during 2012 and this month's challenge is Tranquil Blues.  

I had a lot of fun creating this tangle/doodle. It was relaxing, especially while watching tv after my crazy day job, so this probably won't be the last one that you see.

 My favorite part is this last picture of the sailboat with the bird on the top of it.

Hop on over (by clicking the logo below) and check out the other tranquil blue color challenge participants.

I'm also linking up with Julia at Stamping Ground's weekly WOYWW.

Sunday Color Snippets

Blue sky...I often forget you are there due to concrete surrounding me and traveling by subway.
Last weekend,mwhile I was out in the city, the sky was so blue.  I thought I would share a few shots of my glimpse of the sky from different angles.  I will admit that I often forget to look up because so much is happening around me.

 The morning started out with whispy clouds above.

After lunch the sky was clear.

The reflection in the car window below stopped me in my tracks as I was walking. The color of the sky was captured so well, the lighting and the building were framed so nicely I couldn't help but click the shot.

In the photo below, the two white specks that are in the sky are a star, on the left, and a sliver of the moon. 

 What do you see when you look up?

Can you find color in your every day?