Bits and pieces of June

Clockwise from top left: Me (introduce yourself); first thing (a bird at sunrise); natural light (on the creek grasses); half (of two doors); line (of clouds) ; ice cream (or where the ice cream comes from if it was plastic ice cream, which it’s not, but I think you know what I’m going for here).

On the first of June, Karma invited us to join the #iHeartFaces photo challenge for the month of June.  Thank you, Karma, for another fun project!

Top to bottom, left to right: Clashing colors (not really, but I don’t really understand this one as it seems to me all colors go together well, especially when they clash); small detail (raindrops on a rose); mirror (reflection of clouds on glass); silhouette (of trees at sunset).

I wasn’t quite sure how I would approach this challenge.  I thought of several different ways to go about it, but then decided to keep it simple and follow the list the way a normal person would.  Well, sort of.  You see, I didn’t take the photos in the order listed or, sometimes, on the day listed.  This morning I rushed around filling in some of the gaps.  You might recognize some of the images from previous blogs posts throughout the month.

Empty (chairs); beverage (sign); from above (a shadow on a boardwalk); bubbles; handwriting and reminder combined (a reminder on a white board to buy hooks for the closet).

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day.  No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.

~ Aldo Leopold

Clockwise from top left: Clouds; hat (on Prince Owlbert’s head); flower; in progress (getting ready to paint Bedroom 3); fresh (tomatoes); bokeh.

Green was the silence, wet was the light,
the month of June trembled like a butterfly.

~ Pablo Neruda

Water; pajamas; summertime (Black-Eyed Susans dancing in the grasses always mean summertime to me); laugh (did the best I could with this one since no one I know cares to be on the blog, even while laughing).

I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.

~ L. M. Montgomery

Teeny-tiny (fungus); grass (by the creek); my weekend (spent painting); hug (dragonfly hugging grass seed head).

And so ends the photo challenge for the month of June.  You still have until tomorrow if you’d like to join in some way.  Karma is always pretty loosey-goosey with the rules and deadlines for her challenges so if you need more time, let her know.

Today’s view from the dock.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you had a good weekend, filled with fun and play and relaxation and whatever you needed most.

I could have used this photo for “fresh” or for “summertime” as it represents both. We have a bumper crop of black raspberries and they are delicious!

Be good, be kind, be loving.  Just Be.  🙂