Welcome back to the Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge! March seems to embody the color green, as we prepare to celebrate St Patrick’s Day this week and officially welcome the spring (vernal) equinox. I also admit that green is my favorite color.
Sources agree that green is the most prominent color associated with March, when the northern hemisphere experiences the season of spring. Green is the color of new life and growth.
Let’s look at some different shades of green, shall we? I chose my versions of the various shades of green with my interpretations of each color.
“For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
Evergreen and Forest Green
Evergreen sports dark shades of green found in forests and nature.
Kelly Green and Emerald Green
These are the most authentic colors of green most associated with St Patrick’s Day.
Nine Mile Falls, for which our rural town is named, really boasts these emerald waters!
Jade Green
Jade is a light, milky green color.
Olive Green
Olive green is green mixed with shades of brown.
Spring Green
Spring green demonstrates lighter and brighter greens mixed with shades of yellow.
“Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.” – John Muir
Wicked Selfies
Partially inspired by Ritva’s portraits for this week’s Lens-Artists challenge, I added this self-portrait of me with a falconer and falcon, dressed in green garb for a local renaissance fair a few years ago.
To commemorate the popularity of the movie Wicked, which is currently in theaters and streaming, I couldn’t help but think of Elphaba’s green skin. I first saw the Broadway musical in San Francisco with my daughters in 2009. I had previously read the book by Gregory Maguire (based on L. Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz series). Trust me when I say the book is WAY darker than the musical. I still loved the experience. And the movie, which is released in two parts, is breathtaking!
My husband and I saw the musical in Spokane in 2022. Spokane loves its downtown and celebrated its Best of Broadway series by lighting the Pavilion in green.
Also sharing for Johnbo’s Cellpic Sunday
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. Please use your own original images, whether new or from your archives.
- 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.
I can’t wait to see how you interpret this month’s color challenge GREEN! Creativity is encouraged, so please share your own photographs (old or new), poems, original short stories, and music inspired by the theme. Join me next week as we explore the seasons of SPRING or AUTUMN as we celebrate the vernal/autumnal equinox.
Thank you for your comments and links last week. A few of you mentioned having trouble leaving comments, so I thank you for sticking with it. Every comment was posted, so who knows what’s going on?
Wishing you a lovely week and an eventful St Patrick’s Day.🍀
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