A quick scroll through my photo files highlights an interesting color trend that peaks about this time every year. Once our highly saturated strings of lights and holiday decorations are put away it takes me about six weeks to reach for strong colors again so January and February appear as soft months filled with ivory, blue and gray. By mid-March I’m ready to brighten things up again and true to form this week marks the return of brights.
Sunday afternoon this colorful gumball machine caught my attention and Monday morning Finn and I returned to the camellia tree to find these two blooms side by side in the grass. Tuesday I added some new Dryer Ball colors to our Etsy store and by Wednesday evening I could see the drive home would be long and wet. Thursday brought the first of two big windstorms and here someone’s party balloon was abandoned in the middle of the street. Friday was a strange day and marked the first time I had to evacuate two separate buildings because of (false) fire alarms. In the rain. Saturday started out with clear blue skies but a second storm was on the way and Ryan and I found this lonely seagull down by the beach watching the wind blow.
Coming soon I’ve got a great set of new photos almost ready to share here from our latest March adventures and if you’d like to follow along in real-time don’t forget I post my daily photos on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. If a once-a-week blog read is more your speed my weekly recaps will continue here along with caption notes containing editing information for each photo.
Northwest Frame of Mind 
Another nice collection to keep tucked inside your heart.
LikeLike
A beautiful way to think about this grouping. Thank you, Sally.
LikeLike
I really like the gumball machine one. Don’t we all love sweets. I like them but sometimes they can be so hard to bite 😀 Hope everyone evacuated in an orderly manner. The other day at my work we had a false fire alarm and got asked to stand near the stairwell on standby 😀
LikeLike
I like the gumball one too, Mabel. 🙂 The evacuations were nice and orderly, the only problem was the cold rain outside…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Matching the photos to the words is fun, Lisa. I didn’t recognise the gumballs 🙂
Happy Easter to you! How’s Ryan these days?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Happy Easter to you too, Jo and thanks for the visit! I wish I had better news regarding Ryan but he’s going through a tough time right now. 😦 The reason I’ve been quiet around here lately… not enough hours in the day to keep everything going in the right direction. We’re staying positive that he will recover soon though!
LikeLike
Sorry, darlin’! So hard for a normally active boy! Sending much Easter love 🙂
LikeLike
Hard indeed for a busy boy, Jo! Thanks for the Easter wishes and love, we’re sending the same over to you. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person