Welcome to another Sunday Stills monthly color challenge! For me, the month of March symbolizes all things green, with spring and St Patrick’s Day adding to the mix.
Spring in Eastern Washington is a capricious character in 2023. By now I had hoped to be surrounded by green like you see in the featured image of me surrounded by sunflower plants. Instead, as more snow fell late last week, my potted young evergreens are surrounded in white, quite the opposite of my hope for early spring.
“The pine stays green in winter… wisdom in hardship.” ~ Norman Douglas
Surround Yourself in Green
“Green is a prominent color on our planet and can represent growth, healing, and renewal. To most people, green also represents well-being and tranquility.” ~ JENNIFER OKAFOR
A few years ago, I observed this lucky student who must have needed a rest after the stress of the first week of classes at Sacramento State University. Must be nice to have a hammock handy.
Indoor Green with Spring Décor
Some green décor helps me feel surrounded by green in time for St Patrick’s Day this week! Many of us “Sprang Forward” this weekend for daylight saving time. The mornings will be dark again, but the sun is higher in the sky and the evening light will stay longer. As the Earth tilts closer to the spring equinox, the sunrise moves more to the north each day–the front of our house faces due east.
This week, I captured how the morning sun pours in through the transom window above our front door. The sunlight beams right into our kitchen illuminating the counter and stove.
You can still see snow from the transom window in the above image. Here is what our backyard looked like on Thursday. Friday we had snowfall all day. Fingers crossed this is the last of the winter blast!
Early morning sunrise peeks through our young Ponderosa Pine Tree.
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
Oregon Road Trip
Road trips are a wonderful way to capture landscapes–probably my favorite form of photography.
Last week I took a road trip to Hood River, Oregon to help a neighbor purchase a puppy. We stayed overnight at a hotel on the Columbia River Gorge then drove across the Hood River Bridge to Appleton, Washington to check out the pups. My neighbor ended up not liking the puppies (I know, right??) but I needed a change of scenery and didn’t mind the 5-hour drive each way.
This image is from last September’s road trip with Marsha, as we drove along the Oregon Coast near Tillamook. Is that a lot of green, or what?
“Wilderness is a necessity… there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls.” ~ John Muir
Back in Nine Mile Falls
The fine folks at our local auto parts store were featured in the local newspaper, written and photographed by yours truly. You can bet I was surrounded by green and the staff’s cheery faces!
Locals in Nine Mile Falls know spring is here when water is finally let out of the Nine Mile Falls dam. However, water won’t be released from the dam for another couple of weeks due to late-season snowfall.
“When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.” ~William Blake
I was mesmerized the first time I saw the falls in 2021. So much so, I shared the above image with Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday challenge last week as inspiration for poetry. I loved WillowDot’s gorgeous poem included below:
Pure
Water spirits so alive and pure
Dancing in such glory
Mingle with the verdure
Between them they tell the story
Dancing in such glory
Earth and water lushly combine
Between them they tell the story
The mix is spiritual and divine
Earth and water lushly combine
An offering to Nature
The mix is spiritual and divine.
Two elementals true and sure
An offering to Nature
Spirit mists kiss as before
Two elements true and sure
Water spirits so alive and pure
Soon, our neighborhood will be more green than white!
“Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.” ~ John Muir
Inspiring Photo Challenges This Week
Each week I am inspired by my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I enjoy incorporating these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes.
- Cee’s Flower of the Day
- Johnbo’s CellPic Sunday
- Lens-Artists: Favorite Photography Style
- Marsha’s Wednesday Quotes: Green and Precious
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo 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 their GREEN photos. I add these all week as new links are posted.
- Your Blog Post Shared Here…
- Always Write
- Beachwalk Reflections
- Between the Lines
- Boz Bozeman
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
- Colleen M Chesebro
- A Day in the Life
- The Day After
- Easin’ Along Image shared in comments
- Equipoise Life Image shared in comments
- Graham’s Island
- Geriatrix Fotogallery
- Hugh’s Views and News
- Jacquie Biggar Author
- LadyLee Manila
- Light Words
- Light Words
- Loving Life
- Middleton Road
- Musin’ With Susan
- Natalie the Explorer
- Now At Home
- Quaint Revival
- NEW Queen of Treasures
- Philosophy Through Photography
- Roberta Writes
- Stevie Turner
- This is Another Story
- NEW Travelways
- Travel With Me
- Wind Kisses
- Woolly Muses
- The World is a Book
- Working on Exploring
I can’t wait to see how you interpret the color GREEN this week! Join me next week as we explore the theme “I’d Rather Be….”
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