Today is Red – the final day of Summer Colours Week at Poppytalk. There are over 1,800 lovely photos in the Flickr pool – so much summery fun.
Summer Colours Week – Day 5 – Red
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Summer Colours Week – Day 4 – Rainbow
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rainbow hand dyed yarn
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| a rainbow |
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| and… of course… another rainbow |
Day 4 of Summer Colours Week at Poppytalk, and today is Rainbow. We were going to try to do something fancy for today, but got really involved in a natural-dyeing project (more on that later, probably next week). There are plenty of lovely contributions in the Flickr pool.
Summer Colours Week – Day 3 – Blue
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| birds on a wire… smoky blue morning mist |
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| roadside beauty |
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| mountains through the mist and haze of a summer day |
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| honestly… the very, very best blue of summer |
Joining in the fun again today at Poppytalk… it’s day three of Summer Colours Week. Explore all the wonderful inspiration – 1,100+ photos – over in the Flickr pool.
Summer Colours Week – Day 2 – Pink
Day 2 of Poppytalk’s Summer Colour Week – today is pink – enjoy all the beautiful contributions in the Flickr pool.
Summer Colours Week – Day 1
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| roadside beauty |
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| golden glow of a summer rain |
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| yellow butterflies on black-eyed susans |
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| tansy ‘buttons’ and bumblebee in our dyers’ garden |
We are joining the folks at Poppytalk in the Flickr group – Summer Colours Week – and today is yellow. Check out more of the beautiful contributions here.
Out and About
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| can’t see how the driver of this cheerfully painted truck could help but smile |
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| goose crossing – absolutely in no hurry to go anywhere |
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| bright… sunny… cheery… perhaps even merry… color inspiration |
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| beauty beyond the trees at Crimson Shamrock Ranch |
When you get out and about on a pretty spring morning, you never know what kind of inspiration you might find… beyond the lovely spring flowers, there is charm and grace in the simplest things… things that make you smile.
Spring Colours Week – Lavender
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| heather lavender spinning batts – wool and mohair |
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| a treasure – passed down from mother-in-law |
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| vinca minor – pinwheels |
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| wooly catkins – logwood purple, naturally-dyed |
Thursday – Poppytalk’s Spring Colours Week showcasing lavender; the pool is over 320 members and there are now more than 1,800 lovely contributions.
Spring Colour Week – Yellow
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| forsythia |
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| ‘home – making’ – mom’s and mom’s-in-law |
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| “… and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.” — William Wordsworth |
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| The Buttercup Family from a favorite book “The Flowers’ Festival” by Elsa Beskow |
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| spring means shearing.. shearing means wool tumeric-dyed wool provided by the lovely Prudence |
Day 2 of Poppytalk’s Spring Colour Week – lots more wonderful ‘yellow’ here.
Spring Colours Week – Green
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| The true sign of spring in West Virginia – Allium tricoccum – Ramps |
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| “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” — C. S. Lewis |
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| moss and rock = love |
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| fragile and beautiful – the first spring leaves |
We are joining the folks at Poppytalk for the Flickr Group – Spring Colours Week. You can check out all the beautiful contributions here.
Winter Colours Week – (Unofficially) Brown
While Poppytalk’s Winter Colour Week is officially over, here at Sheeps and Peeps Farm today is Brown. This is necessary in celebration of the many Brown pictures taken for Wednesday, which actually was officially Green. We hope you will enjoy this unofficial Day 6 of the farm girl take on Winter Colours Week.
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| Icy brown seed heads, not yet devoured by the birds |
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| Sturdy beams of the old barn still providing shelter and the memory of the quiet strength of family members no longer with us |
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| Top of the old barn and our precious hay crop |
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| Bertha our sheep… wool… providing warmth to combat the wintery chill |
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| Winter Colour Week inspired us to find the quiet beauty in the everyday… oft-times unnoticed and passed by |
Thank you, Poppytalk!