The Habit: : color

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

July 24th- A few of my favorite things...

~White mock vervain,...

~Purple mock vervain, and...

~Red geraniums adding color to sweet potato vine

June 20th- A few of my favorite things...

~White roses with more buds in the wings

~Pink roses that demand attention

~Roses whose color seems to change with the light

Mar 12th- A few of my favorite things...

~A hint of color in the sky before dawn

~The sun dusting a small patch of trees

~Sunlight highlighting ripples across a field

Mar 5th- A few of my favorite things...

~Combining math and art

~Combining curves and imagination and color

~Making art that makes you smile and gets you ready for Spring's soon arrival

Jan 26th- A few of my favorite things...

~Making circles and filling them in heavily with watercolor pencils 

~Picking that color up with a brush filled with water

~Creating an incredibly thin, portable, minimalistic watercolor selection to carry for impromptu paint session

Oct 30th- A few of my favorite things...

~The color of the sky at the cusp of dawn

~Discovering frost-edged leaves and grasses in the brightening skies

~Watching the sun burst forth over the horizon, knowing that the time of frost's gilding is coming to a close

Oct 26th- A few of my favorite things...

~Driving through a the last of the trees with color standing sentinel 

~Solo silo watching the color fade along the distant edge of its empty field 

~Gold falling from the heights of the treetops gilding the ground below

June 6th- A few of my favorite things...

~Fabulous purple irises for a pop of color

~Daisies providing a hangout for local bugs

~Creamy pink peonies adding their fragrance to the air

May 18th- A few of my favorite things...

~The scent of sweet rocket at the edges of the fields 

~The hidden speckles of color in a cluster of horse chestnut flowers

~The surprise of the first rose in May

Feb 7th- A few of my favorite things...

~Tree branches reaching down as if to touch the snow

~Tree branches reaching up as if to reach the sky

~Holly bushes poking out as if to show off their color against the snow

Dec 22nd- A few of my favorite things...

~Fresh footprints in the new fallen snow

~A ripply wave in the snow from brick pavers and wind

~Colorful lights adding turning white snow into splashes of color on the village tree

Dec 4th- A few of my favorite things...

~A simple strand of icicle lights on a small porch with a wreath

~Strings of lights highlighting columns with a lit wreath and giant jingle bells 

~A porch with an abundance of color and cheer everywhere to warm the heart on a cold December evening