Colors can impact your emotions. Warm colors can help evoke happiness and optimism. Bright colors like yellow, orange, pink and red are Happy Colors! The lighter and brighter the colors the happier they will make you feel. “Colors are the smiles of nature.” ~ Leigh Hunt “Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes…
Category: Joy
Macro Monday: Desert Canterbury Bells
“…human names for natural things are superfluous. Nature herself does not name them. The important thing is to know this flower, look at its color until the blueness becomes as real as a keynote of music.” ~ Sally Carrighar Also called Desert Bluebell: Try as I might, I can not for certain identify the light…
Encelia Farinosa: commonly known as Brittlebush
This morning I headed to a nearby hiking/park area for more outdoor exercise, and to see what spring flowers were blooming. The amount of sprouts and blooms were amazing. Because the sky was overcast, and a lot of the flowers were small, I was challenged in capturing their full beauty. Currently most predominate was the…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #81: Find Something Red
When I started looking through my photos for this Lens-Artist’s Challenge I was surprised how many photos I found with the color red. It was almost as though I hadn’t see it before. Isn’t it surprising how much we do not see, until we look for it? The top photo, as well as the first…
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #78 – Special Spot Shots: Antigua
When I noticed this next Lens Artist challenge, Special Spot Shots, I got excited! Special photos are awesome. They bring back warm memories and make me smile. Here is my short story: As I was getting ready to turn 50, six years ago (yikes!), I planned my own celebration that took us to our first…
peace of life today 