Just be

Gentle fade

Tease me sky

Purple joy

Serious rays A wider view of the sky as the sun prepares to go behind the foothills and parts farther west.

Almost forgotten ~ Life can be challenging, yet a moment in nature will always remind us of the beauty still in the world 🌿 Daily joy from me to you 🎨

Angry sky Storm came in from the north in a crazy way. Usually they come west to east and sometimes from the SW to NE. Caught darkness out the corner of my eye from my art room, looked up and saw this. Sun was still shining bright from the west. Crazy storm but left a beautiful rainbow 🌈

Rainbow that looks like a watercolor wash. Behind my house during a passing storm.

When you make that one wish upon two stars playing with the moon in the nearly darkest of night skies…

Light play Color joy Daily joy from me to you 🌿

Sky crossing Contrails create crossings against a blue Colorado Sky.

More clouds moving in shortly before the moon was obscured. Looking south from the foothills of Colorado. Quite a storm with much needed rain.

One minute of a crazy thunderstorm near the foothills of Colorado. Still going on. Much gratitude for the rain 💦☺️💧💧💧 Was sitting on the hill trying to capture this but there was a weather warning for high wind and hail so headed to shelter. Enjoy the sounds of nature 🌱🌿🍃🐬💧

Moon above the approaching storm. Looking south from my position. Colorado 🌱🌿🍃🐬

Sun approaching sunset in an unsettled sky with tornado watches in a large portion of the state. Colorado

Butterfly Milkweed Balloon Milkweed Hairy Balls Mmmm….(this expression has many meanings. Somewhere I read that grammatically, three mmm’s should be mmm… and four mmmm’s should be mmmm….). I also know using this onomatopoeic term drives some readers nuts…🤗. You decide. Use it as you wish, or not.

Hello ~ Daily joy from me to you 🌿 Taking a short break from window gazing for a quick photo. Ready to play in a heartbeat ☺️ 🌱🌿🍃🐬

Salad time Lettuce, cherry tomato, red cabbage, carrot shreds, grilled artichoke, cucumber, buffalo cheese, fresh grated pepper, and Italian dressing. Bon appétit! 🌱🌿🍃🐬

Our journey begins with our first breath, then we sometimes ~ hold our breath take a deep breath have our breath taken away share our breath have a hard time breathing forget to breathe take shallow breaths wake up thankful to breathe gasp with breath take another deep breath then a last breath

Come play with me Monet 🎨 From the last full moon over Colorado

Sky play with rays Captured the sun beams without shooting directly into the sun. From when we had a bit of snow here. Colorado looking west from Wilkerson Pass You can see mountain ranges way off in the far horizon. They look tiny but are 14ers. 🌱🌿🍃🐬

Heavy Metal Literally The Big Boy locomotive Heavy at 1.2 million pounds (600 tons). This one on display in Denver. You can view it year-round at the Forney Museum of Transportation (located at 4303 Brighton Blvd, Denver, CO). Worth a trip if you are interested in transportation museums. 🌱🌿🍃🐬

Ranunculus Two for one beauty ~ Beautiful paper like pink with darker and yellow green center. 🌿 From my recent floral adventures ☺️

A rose for you ~

Caboose

Three lights

Daisy wood Fleabane daisy Colorado high country

My garden Heart flowers 🩷❤️🩵 Heart flowers in red, pink and blue with the word ‘love’. There are raindrops in clear glitter gel but they are not very clear in this cropped photo. Body painting. Totally whimsical art play. More body art up very soon as well as a piece on actual paper 😎 🌱🌿🍃🐬☺️🎨

Fleurs Daily joy from me to you 🌿 Gerbera daisies

Mum details. Ever notice how the petals on a mum curl inward? Ah, the details of nature…always amazing! Hope you can find some joy in nature today. Daily joy from me to you 🌱🍃🌿🐬

Mum’s the word…

Blue Ivory Mist Hydrangeas

Pink Gerbera

Flower play Gerbera daisy

Red Berries Red Hypericum berries

A flower for you Daily joy from me to you 🌿 🌱🌿🍃🐬

Colorado foothills sunset Trees in sillouette at the bottom of photo give way to a brief appearance of the foothills and then to lovely yellows, pinks, oranges and purples of the setting sun. A few sun rays shine up from the sunset into the pale blue sky. White and grey clouds top off the photo 🌿

A two minute Colorado thunderhead lightning storm from tonight for your viewing pleasure. Sitting on the edge of the foothills looking north. Extra cloud joy from me to you ☺️ 🌱🌿🍃🐬

What is this? Close up above the cloud rays from my last post. It was above any line of sight for any ground structure and too high for birds. It was only sky above the cloud. So, I don’t know what this form is with the glowing eye…is anyone missing a pink dragon??? Anyone??? 🌱🌿🍃🐬

Cloud edge rays Daily joy from me to you 🌿 From my cloud watching. Looking west over the Colorado foothills tonight. Please see my other post of a closeup from this cloud…I captured something very odd. 🌱

Rain Through the window

Stellar’s Jay Rocky Mountains St Elmo

Daisies in noir

Sky play

Bug Light Noir Marine

A study in contrast. What’s really there can be seen with new filters. Where is the light? Where is darkness? When we apply new filters and are willing to see something differently, we often find what is really there and can adjust our compass accordingly. Can evoke freedom and new joy. 🌱🌿🍃🐬

Framed Chihuly From the glass ceiling room. This reminds me of a framed little red flower with yellow center and maybe a bird hiding behind the bloom. It would be lovely if they had benches in there that you could recline on and just enjoy and explore the beauty of the ceiling. 🎨🍃🌿🌱🐬

Over dark waters Storm moving in over a silent Ferris wheel. Photo taken from on the water.

Leaf