Taken on July 19 in the Moorings Community Gardens for
Cee’s FOTD 8/2/21
Friendly Friday: Purple Haze
The Friendly Friday challenge is a bi-weekly all-inclusive challenge, meaning it includes photos, prose, poetry, or anything else related to the theme, which currently is PURPLE. My first entry is purple in music videos. Mostly in the genre of rock or pop, I have also included a children’s song and a video by Asian band (?) Ponzona called Purple Kiss. My favorite is Purple Haze, but that’s because it brings back memories of youth! It’s a rather eclectic selection, so I hope you enjoy it!
For more information about the Friendly Friday challenge, click here. The great thing about Friendly Friday is you can participate in each topic as many times as you feel inspired to!
FOTD: Hydrangeas
I took these photos around the Moorings campus today as I was taking a walk.
Cee has another beautiful hydrangea photo in her FOTD 7/31/21!
TreeSquared: Winter Trees Enhanced
For Becky’s penultimate day of trees squared, I decided I’d go with her theme somewhat. Here are some winter trees, enhanced!
One of the most wonderful features of the Moorings campus is the number and variety of trees! I am not a fan of winter in general, but I am awed by the complexity of their interwoven branches, which are best seen when they have no leaves to cover them.
I love playing with SnapSeed on my cellphone, so I enhanced (and squared) some of the shots!
This next set of comparisons was actually taken in early May – I just like the effect! And these are not squared but see below.
Here is the altered image squared:
I don’t know why this enhanced picture came out so blurry!
Trees in the background in this pair:
I decided to include this photo taken in February – it’s not enhanced/altered, I just like it!
CFFC/FOTD: Brighten Your Day With Yellow!
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week has the topic yellow. This is also my contribution to Cee’s Flower of the Day 7/30/21.
A gallery of sunflowers from the Moorings community gardens!
There are also lovely patches of black eyed susans around campus that brighten my day during my walks.
Another community garden flower: a bright yellow zinnia.
TreeSquared: Cat Up a Tree
I have been AWOL the last few days, but I am back with another kind of “tree” for Becky’s July Square Trees. Cats love to climb on things, and are attracted to furniture with different levels, enclosures or holes to explore. Or to sleep on. Cat trees are typically made of a carpet material which felines use as a scratching post as well. The structures cat owners buy for their pets come in different sizes and shapes. This is one of my grandcats, lying on her humans’ “cat tree.”
Life in Colour: Seaside Blues
Jude’s July challenge on her blog Travel Words: Life in Colour is the color blue. This week she challenges us to post seaside blues.
Two views of our cruise ship at the first stop of our Panama Canal cruise, at Half Moon Cay, Bahamas.
Three scenes from our cruise ship to Alaska: leaving Vancouver (click on photo to see it larger).
Tree Squared: Another Kind of Tree
There are things that are called trees besides those living, breathing plants we have around us. A family tree, for example, is called a “tree” because from one individual, it spreads out in several branches. I have an earring tree! On its branches I hang my many pairs of earrings. This “tree” is rather gnarly and has knots in its branches so the earrings don’t fall off. So for Becky’s challenge TreeSquare, I am featuring my earring tree!
FOTD: Zinnia
The Moorings community garden is lush and full of flowers, vegetables, and herbs! I took some photos there the other day of some of the beautiful blooms.
FOTD: All By Herself
One Black-eyed Susan, all by herself! This flower attracted my attention, among all the greenery. Usually Black-eyed Susans are in large groups of yellow and black!
