I’m back to hosting Sunday Stills! A huge thank-you to my friend Marsha at Always Write for taking the reins for three weeks while we moved into our new house. I certainly missed you all while away from blogging although I tried to follow some posts when possible. We are still without an internet connection in the house.
This week’s photo challenge is to explore the color violet and other shades of purple. Here is an example to get you started.
But before I share my other violet interpretations, I want to share my versions of “emerging” which was the theme from last week. When I originally chose that theme for March 28, I wanted to celebrate my emergence from winter to spring as well as emerging from living in temporary housing conditions to our new home. Strangely, I had no idea that we would be able to move in on March 22, but fate and kismet seemed to work in my favor to some degree.
I read many of your emerging posts, and I was really excited to read Donna’s post. She is a planner and wanted to finish off March with her take on emerging. Marsha’s post on emerging also inspired mine as we have both moved away from California to new states to begin new lives.
Please indulge me as I share some of my emerging images. As many of us are still somewhat restricted to travel, I looked through my archives for theme inspirations. I found this image of a molting adult dragonfly emerging from its old exoskeleton a few years ago. Many of you have seen this image, but I wanted to share it again as it epitomizes emergence and changes in nature.
Susan at Musin’ with Susan also shared a video of a butterfly emerging.
Once we moved in, we emerged from uncertainty and impatience to a rural neighborhood with lovely neighbors and a relieving sense of peace. Oh, and the quiet! Even the deer emerged out of the forest to welcome us the next morning.
Spring gets a slow start here in Northeastern Washington state, with overnight April temps still just above freezing. Warm days ensure welcome sights of tree and flower buds as well as a variety of birds. Despite the absence of blooms, the morning light paints an amazing picture of the actual Nine Mile Falls!
Now for Some Violet!
My pinkish-violet tulips emerged and brightened up our home.
We celebrated Easter Sunday at our new church and enjoyed their tech displays during worship.
April was the month when we traditionally moved our RV to its summer home in the Sacramento delta as windsurf season ramped up. Plenty of violet sunsets in the spring. Yes, my hubby misses it a little now that we are in Washington.
Who doesn’t love a field of violet daisies?
A view of my daughter’s purple room in our old house.
A House is Now a Home
Many of you saw on Facebook that we got the keys to the house on March 22. Has it only been 4 weeks since we moved in? I don’t have too many pictures to share just yet, as we are living among boxes while we await the pole barn/garage to be built. Once that is completed, we can move a lot of boxes into that space and decorate the house appropriately.
The tulips look bright and beautiful on our new dining room table!
Tech Woes
Since we are still without wi-fi, I can use my phone hotspot to access the online world. My mobile phone has also given me some trouble in trying to access WordPress posts. I have had to go through the Reader rather than my e-mails or else I have to log in to WP each and every time just to leave a comment! Never fear, with your direct links to my blog and in the comments, I can still read and comment on your posts without having to log in!
Without wi-fi, I have trouble syncing my Dropbox to my phone where most of my photos reside these days. My work-around? I posted some images to Facebook and saved the images to my desktop and simply uploaded them into my WP media file. The few I did not post, I started a draft post on my WordPress app and dropped a few images from the phone into the media file. Clever? Desperate? Yep!
Florals posted for Cee’s Flower of the Day, and Becky B’s Bright Squares.
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post. I also recommend adding your post’s URL into the comments.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Use hashtag #SundayStills for sharing on social media.
Next Week
Next week’s theme is images of kids and pets to acknowledge National Kids and Pets Day. No kids or pets? Improvise! Images of other’s kids or grandkids work, as well as any kinds of images of animals, birds, reptiles, fish or critters. I always felt “my” Anna hummingbirds were my pets since I provided a safe backyard and food for them over the years so I’m sure you will see a hummer or two along with my dogs.
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Each week I will share the links from the previous post so you can continue to meet and support each other.
Last Week’s Emerging Posts
- Bend Branches
- Beautiful Photographs
- Cee’s Photo Challenges
- Denyse Whelan Blogs
- Equipoise Life
- Graham’s Island
- Heaven’s Sunshine
- Hugh’s View and News
- Jacquie Biggar, Author
- JP the Wide-Eyed Wanderer
- Kamerapromenader
- Live Laugh RV
- Musin’ with Susan
- Now at Home
- Picture This
- Take a Walk
- Travel with Me
- Troyers Loving Life
- Wandering Dawgs
For this week, I can’t wait to see your versions of violet and look so forward to engaging with you all in the blogosphere! Many thanks to you who supported Marsha while she hosted Sunday Stills!
Have a wonderful week!
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