Multicolored lilies! 

Glorious colors tempting me 

to bring them home. 

The color of happy

Asked a question at a demo I was giving last week: What color is happy?  Here are the answers, and my photos with the specified colors...

Yellow! 

Blue! 

Hot Pink! 

What color is YOUR happy? And why? 

There will be one or two additions to The Color of Happy... I've also asked my family and friends and will compile a post (or two) on their answers.

Speaking of colors, this little book was just listed in my Vintage Etsy shop: 

Rudbeckia with a side of blue

Rudbeckia, also known as Black Eyed Susan, blooming through the Oregon grape. Signs that autumn is indeed coming.  

The Oregon Grape berries are extra heavy this year. I'll have to check the farmers almanac to see what that means. 

In other news, I've been adding new things to my Vintage Shop on Etsy. If you're looking for fun vintage ephemera or embellishments, have a look! 

Happy Monday! 

HuMp DaY Haiku - Continuous Cycle

lilies show daily

 blooms of brilliant red and gold

  art in the garden

fading blooms replaced

 by new blooms in the morning

continuous cycle. 

I started doing Hump Day Haiku with Carla Sonheim's Silly classes...  and decided as a challenge for myself, I'd continue.  In this process, I have found that creating a haiku (non rhyming poem with 5 - 7 - 5 syllables per line) feeds my soul. I especially like creating them to go with my photos and art. 

Would you like to share a haiku you have written? 

You may include a haiku in the comments, OR you may copy your blog post url (featuring a haiku) and add a link to your blog using Mr. Linky. And consider visiting other contributors blogs to see what they've created and say hello. 
 

Garden delights!

I love this time of year, all the colors and textures and yummy treasures in our garden.

Our yellow zucchini is finally setting on... a few more days and we'll be eating it! So close! 

We have been munching on lettuce from our garden for two months now... it liked the cooler weather we were having. This lettuce is called flashy trout.


Linking with Straight out of the Camera, A Creative Harbor's Magical Monday, Macro Monday and Mellow Yellow Monday.

Anticipation

Promise of summer

unfolding slowly to show

its radiant glory. 

I'd love to say this sunflower blossom is from my garden...  however I'll 'fess up that it's from a recent visit to the nursery where my husband works.  I do have sunflowers in the garden, but they are not this close to blooming. But soon! Especially if this luscious warm weather hangs around. 

Sharing today with Rebecca and the wonderful haiku artists at Haiku My Heart