Every Day is a Gift!
This Bumble Bee on Purple Sage is in celebration of World Bee Day. I’m a few days late but I would like to thank Murtagh’s Meadow for reminding me that World Bee Day was May 20, 2026.
Shared with John’s Cellpic Sunday
Every Day is a Gift
Ritva’s challenge is to choose one color and feature up to six images where the color is the prominent hue or feature one image for each of these six colors: red, blue, green, purple, orange, and yellow.
How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun. – Vincent Van Gogh
I chose yellow for my color because it is my favorite color. Yellow makes me smile and brings me joy, happiness, and optimism.
I hope these yellows will brighten your day:
Last week you showed us amazing textures in response to Anne’s challenge. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge..
Many thanks to Ritva for this week’s challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to her post Lens-Artists #398: Choose a Color.
Be sure to check back on Saturday, May 23 at noon eastern time when Egidio will be your host for the challenge.
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Every Day is a Gift
Southern Magnolia blossoms in Coastal Georgia
Sharing with Terri’s Flower Hour #30
Every Day is a Gift
Anne’s challenge is to show images where texture plays an integral part. She tells us “Texture helps my two-dimensional examples have a three-dimensional quality.”
For me, the beach is a place of many textures. In some places the sand is soft, and others the powerful wave action of the ocean crushes the shells creating a rough texture that’s not fun to walk on in bare feet.
Driftwood on the beach becomes weathered by the elements creating a rough texture on the wood. Barnacles can attach themselves to the driftwood creating a crusty texture. Running your had along these sharp barnacles could easily cause you to get a cut.
Salt air, wind, rain and the heat from the sun can cause wooden structures like piers and docks and even homes to become cracked and dried out creating a rough texture. Watch out for splinters if you rub the wood with your fingers.
I didn’t see this rabbit at the beach but I’ll finish with the soft texture of the fur of a cottontail rabbit.
Last week your responses to Ann-Christine’s Illustrated Quotes challenge were fun and inspirational. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge..
Many thanks to Anne for this week’s challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to her post Lens-Artists #397: Texture.
Be sure to check back on Saturday, May 16 at noon eastern time when Ritva will be your host for the challenge.
You can receive our weekly challenges by subscribing to the Lens-Artists team members websites: Tina, Patti, Ann-Christine, John, Sofia, Anne, Egidio, Ritva, Beth.
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Every Day is a Gift
My Daylilies are blooming in Coastal Georgia
Sharing with Terri’s Flower Hour #29
Every Day is a Gift
Wandering Dawgs 