Week 19: Life is About Using the Whole Box of Crayons

monochromatic

I remember putting this topic in for this week with the goal of capturing all of the different colours of green in nature during the spring.  I love driving around and seeing the so very many different greens as the trees bud, the grass matures, farmland recovers from winter and flowers begin to poke up out of the ground.  The timing didn't work out for getting that shot this week but if I catch it in the next week or so, I'll include it later.  I may have to switch things around for the next few weeks as Mother Nature makes herself difficult for me.

I considered switching topics mid-week when I realized there was not yet enough green in the hills but I already did some photos for the topic, beginning last Sunday (yay, me!).  I started out with a trip to the Bulk Barn, for which Levi gave many thanks, followed by a visit with my parents for Mother's Day.  I wasn't expecting to get any monochromatic shots while I stalked the birds around their campsite but as you will see, I was happily surprised.

Today the grocery store had flowers on sale.  I picked up some that looked all green figuring I could use them for a photo.  When I got them on the light table, the green disappeared except at the tips of the petals.  I am using this anyway because I really like the photo and in real life, those petals are green.

The flowers were buy one bunch, get one free so I picked up some daisies as well.  I know the photo as a whole is not monochromatic but the petals against the light are as is the center with all its greeny-yellows.

It looks like I had a thing for red this week.  First we have a strawberry marshmallow.

Next, some really yummy jelly beans.

Orange is one of my favourite colours.  

I have monochromatic cats.  Rest assured that Eclipse was licking Bella, not attacking her.

At one of my schools this week I was working in the preschool program room (which my back was not happy about) and I noticed this...

I'm sure it is not the small kiddoes who put the crayons away in this manner.  I am going to make a guess that one of the staff is type A.

This evening grosbeak is in fact yellow but the shading from the orange feeder made him also look orange.

This purple finch is pretty monochromatic on his own but if you look carefully, the branches also have a purple hue.

This next shot is in no way monochromatic...I just like it.  These are pine siskins (identification thanks to Levi's birder friend Christopher).   They are fighting over the feeder like there is only one seed left.

It's mid-May already.  I can't believe how quickly the time is flying by this year.  Make sure to take time to enjoy life.