Saturday 26 May 2012

Yellow! And other colours...

I went a bit mad taking photos of yellow things this month as this was one of the words in Kathy's photo scavenger hunt list for May. Only now I've decided which one to use for the photo hunt (to be shared in a couple of days!!!) it seemed a shame not to log the rest. I hadn't really realised how many spring flowers here are shades of yellow...

Wildflowers by the river (I've forgotten what these are!)...


Buttercups...


...and dandelions...


Wallflowers...


When I planted these in the very early spring I hoped they would brighten up my little patch with their multicoloured blooms; in fact, they are all shades of yellow but they do cheer things up out there...


Not sure what these are, but I thought they were very pretty growing in the hedgerow on one of my walks...

And away from flowers, yellow cars! This made me think of when my boys were little, they used to play a game on long journeys where they had to spot yellow cars. There was some sort of chant (can't remember how it went, must ask them if they can remember...) and they had to give each other a nudge or a poke - so you can imagine there was an element of competition to be the first to spot the car. I hated this game! It certainly kept them occupied for a bit but invariably ended up with progressively harder 'nudges' and almost always ended up with tears! 


There have been some other colours about too - pretty blue and pink in my garden...



I'm not entirely convinced these aren't some kind of weed, but quite pretty anyway!

Multicoloured crochet on my (at last!) tidied knitting needles...


Stripes on my coffee cup...


Red in a welcome glass at the end of the day...!


Greens in the living wall on M&S - this was only built and planted up earlier this year and I am loving watching this growing sculpture...


And, finally, golds on the Eastern Counties Newspaper building (my kids used to call this 'the belly button building'!)...


...and in the sun setting over Whitlingham Broad...


Hoping you are finding colour in your world :-)

Sx

4 comments:

  1. The pretty little pink flower looks like oxalis to me, which is indeed a weed. Well at least it is here in Australia. But I've never minded it in my garden because it adds a splash of colour.

    I do like that living sculpture, but it must take a bit of work to maintain.

    xXx Helen

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  2. Lovely splash of colour to brighten up the day! I remember staying on a house boat on the Broads when I was small, it was great fun. It's a very special place! xx

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  3. My two plus any friends in the car used to play Yellow car too ! Gorgeous yellow flowers & the " Belly Button building " is fun !

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  4. Hi Sandra
    I'm loving all that sunshine yellow, there is nothing better for a pick me up as far as I am concerned! Sounds like you had a lovely weekend too,baskingin your bit of sun shine. I do love a good wedding I do and yes Lynette's dress was so detailed and very femininely beautiful. Goodness knows how I will keep the tears back if my Alice decides to get married when she is much older! Take care and hope you might be enjoying that glass of red as you read this xox Penelope
    ps. Love all your needles together, one of my favourite images x

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