“Yellow is my favorite summer color – it makes me feel like a sunflower.” ~Bria Vinaite
I have to agree with Ms. Vinaite that yellow is my favorite summer color. Yellows come in many various shades, kind of like yellow and brown mustards.
Although I love all the shades of yellow, I only like actual mustard in small doses, and preferably on a hot dog or bratwurst. I promise this is the only yellow food shared in this post!
This yellow iris seems to agree that mustard may be a yummy flavor.
Since we are on the subject of mustard, how about a couple of mustard flowers for you?
Now add a little ketchup from these Lazy Susans…
How is your summer going? It has been hot here in Eastern Washington (well, most of the whole state). So much so that we elected not to go camping last week since we would not be hooked up to electricity and hence no air conditioning or fans. I’ve had enough heat illnesses this summer.
I mentioned in a previous post that we traveled through six states on our month-long road trip in June and July. We came home to some dry grass and two heat-compromised trees, but we’ve been watering faithfully every day and the grass is green(er) and the trees are doing nicely. Nervewracking as it was to see our poor backyard full of weeds, the wind and birds were kind enough to supply the backyard with dozens of volunteer sunflowers!
Enjoy this gallery of the latest selection of sunflowers from the backyard.
“And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood.” ~William Cullen Bryant
This one is my favorite. Even the dawn sky has a hint of yellow.
Here comes the sun!
A little more mustard for you…
Here is an added bonus of these painted yellow rocks to represent the sun as part of a 5th-grade solar system project.
“It isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you down. It’s the pebble in your shoe.” ~Muhammad Ali
Inspiring Photo Challenges
Each week I am inspired by my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I find it fun to incorporate these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes.
- Cee’s Flower of the Day
- Hammad’s Weekend Sky
- Johnbo’s CellPic Sunday
- Lens-Artists: Here Comes the Sun
- Marsha’s Writers Quotes Wednesday: Mountains and Rocks
- XingFu Mama’s Whatsoever is Lovely
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
Sunday Stills weekly challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- 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 to the comments.
This Week’s Featured Bloggers
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Below are this week’s links from bloggers who shared colors of mustard for the monthly color photo challenge. I add these all week as new links are posted.
- YOUR BLOG’S NAME HERE!
- Always Write
- Beach Walk Reflections
- Between the Lines
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
- Cee’s Photo Challenges
- The Day After
- Easin’ Along Image shared in comments
- Equipoise Life Image shared in comments
- NEW! For the Love Of
- Frost on the Moose Dung
- Graham’s Island
- Hugh’s Views and News
- Journeys With Johnbo
- Kamerapromenader
- LadyLeeManila
- Light Words
- Light Write Life
- Loving Life
- Natalie the Explorer
- Now At Home
- Photos By Jez
- Slow Shutter Speed
- Space Stories by Gift
- This is Another Story
- Travels and Trifles
- Wide-Eyed Wonderings
I can’t wait to see how you interpret the color of mustard this week! Join me next week as we explore the theme construction.
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