Image: Su Leslie
April in Jude’s Life in Colour project is all about purple, and what’s not to love about a purple hydrangea?
As is becoming my habit, I’m taking inspiration from Tracy (at Reflections of an Untidy Mind), and bringing you some music too.
This is an intensely personal song written and performed by a beautiful young friend; a woman I’ve watched grow from infancy.
#fridayflowers
#nzmusicmonth
Tulip petals, multiple exposure shot. Image: Su Leslie
Pink is the colour of the month at Jude’s Life in Colour photo challenge.
Pink is often consdered a calming colour; associated with love, kindness, and femininity. A by-word for all things romantic, feminine and girly.
Yet interestingly, in the 19th century, pink was considered a colour more appropriate for boys; a childish version of the “masculine” colour red.
My photo archives are full of pink-in-nature (yeah, I love photographing flowers), but I’m challenging myself to look beyond my obvious. So here’s my pot pourri of pinks; foodie things, arty things, a sunrise, found objects and some photo-experiments; in-camera and with PhotoShop.
Dried rosebuds for a tisane. Image: Su Leslie
Putting out the best china. Image: Su Leslie
Lux Festival of Lights, Wellington, NZ. Image: Su Leslie
Eco-print; eucalyptus leaf on silk. Image: Su Leslie
Door knocker, seen in Bordeaux, France. Image: Su Leslie
Out of reach. Image: Su Leslie
Seeing double. Multiple exposure shot of pohutukawa leaves. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Mangere sunrise. Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie
Image: Su Leslie
Image: Su Leslie
Give it a whirl; making the troll dizzy with PhotoShop. Image: Su Leslie
If you’d like to join in, pop over to Travel Words and read Jude’s introduction.
Fern frond. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Green is the colour of the month at Jude’s Life in Colour photo challenge.
It’s a colour heavily encumbered with association; denoting renewal, nature, harmony, freshness, and the environment — while at the same time being associated with money, greed and jealousy.
Seen from space, New Zealand looks like a series of small jade islands in the vast Pacific. It would be easy to fill a post with the landscapes and flora familiar to me, but instead I’ve sought green in other realms of life.
Food for example (unexpected I know!)
Eat your greens. Image: Su Leslie
Feijoas. Image: Su Leslie
Making tarragon vinegar. Image: Su Leslie
Mint slice al fresco. Image: Su Leslie
And of course art …
Glass chandelier. Image: Su Leslie
Art class. Image: Su Leslie
Light sculpture. Image: Su Leslie
Taking it outside. Fence at artist’s studio. Image: Su Leslie
And life’s small treasures
Vintage water glasses. Image: Su Leslie
A kiwi classic, Fun Ho! toy truck. Image: Su Leslie
The intersection of art and nature. Image: Su Leslie
Morning walk. Image: Su Leslie
If you’d like to join in, pop over to Travel Words and read Jude’s introduction.
Image: Su Leslie
Image: Su Leslie
Image: Su Leslie
Image: Su Leslie
Image: Su Leslie
Archive shots today — and a contribution to Jude’s Life In Colour — which this month focuses on yellow.
Image: Su Leslie 2021
Yesterday.
The sun was shining and my kitchen was full of lovely, yellow corn cobs. Thoughts turned to inviting friends round for a barbecue.
Today.
The rain has arrived. And Auckland has gone back into (so far a very temporary) Covid lock-down.
I’m happy about the rain; the garden looks greener already.
The lock-down; not so much. But I appreciate our government taking such a proactive stand.
And I still have lots of lovely yellow sweetcorn to enjoy.
Not to mention a post for Jude’s Life In Colour project.
Crunchy Anzac biscuits and a cup of tea. Image: Su Leslie
Brown is not a colour I think of much when I’m taking photos, unless it’s autumn and I’m obsessing about falling leaves.
Image: Su Leslie
But it’s the colour of the month at Jude’s Life in Colour photo challenge. And when I looked in my photo archive, I found more than I’d expected.
There was food (naturally).
Image: Su Leslie
Image: Su Leslie
Image: Su Leslie
And art.
Stay, by Antony Gormley. One of two sculptures created for the city of Christchurch, NZ, post-2011 earthquake. Image: Su Leslie
88.5° ARC x 8, Bernar Venet, Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park, Kaipara, NZ. Image: Su Leslie
(Detail) Tip, John Radford, Western Park, Ponsonby, NZ. Image: Su Leslie
Informal Still Life. Seen at Bushey Park, Whanganui. Image: Su Leslie
And small treasures in the natural world.
Cicada shell. Image: Su Leslie
Driftwood, Castlecliff beach, Whanganui, NZ. Image: Su Leslie
Image: Su Leslie
If you’d like to join in (even belatedly like me), pop over to Travel Words and read Jude’s introduction.
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