Week 17: Green

{ Project 52 Week 17: Green }

This weeks theme for Project 52 is: Green. My favorite color! And lately I've been in love the shade of chartreuse. With it's golden green color, it has a warm and bright and lively feel. Everything chartreuse catches my eye these days. This wispy dandelion definitely caught my attention the other day as it basked among the sunny chartreuse backdrop of flourishing spring grass.

Week 16: Things That Grow

{ Project 52 Week 16: Things That Grow }

Well this was an easy theme for me since my true love is definitely...things that grow! Spring is bursting forth with new life and growth all around. We had frost on the ground the other morning but by 8:30 a.m. it had warmed up enough to turn the frost into dewdrops. I love the way the grass sparkles in the morning sun as it's draped in shiny droplets. Catch the light just right and tiny rainbows appear too. It's like a magical springtime dreamland!

Week 15: Sacrifice

{ Project 52 Week 15: Sacrifice }

"Awake, thou wintry earth - 

Fling off thy sadness! 

Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth  

Your ancient gladness!"

~Thomas Blackburn, "An Easter Hymn"

Winter is a bit like sacrifice. We surrender to the bitter cold. We forgo lush green life. We give up long sunny days. Knowing that spring will be the reward. Spring will resurrect and renew. Spring will revive the world and the days around us. This pretty daffodil is a welcome sign of spring. It was blooming on Eater Sunday in my mom's garden.

Week 14: Foolin' Around

{ Project 52 Week 14: Foolin' Around }

I'm a little late on Project 52. I'm still in that slump, I guess! The theme this week is: Foolin' Around. This was another difficult theme for me but then I spotted these emerging on one of our maple trees and thought...did you ever fool around with these when you were a kid? We called them 'helicopters'. They are actually the "fruit" of a maple tree. Right now they are just babies in shades of pinks, corals and reds. When mature they will turn light brown. These playful little cuties twirl down like a helicopter when gently dropped to the ground. As a little girl I remember my mom pointing these out to me. I can thank her for teaching me the whimsy of nature and the importance to observe all things, even the small and simple. And now I'm passing on those teachings to my sons. My youngest son still gets excited every time he comes across a 'helicopter'!

Week 13: Details

{ Project 52 Week 13: Details }

With this weeks theme: {details} I had many photos to choose from but found it difficult to take the time to pick one and decide how I wanted to interpret it. I'm feeling a creative slump or block lately. I sure hope I can shake it off! Finally it occurred to me, though, that I'm really enjoying the vast details that spring is displaying lately. For the first time I've noticed how brief certain phases of spring truly are. Baby tree buds change daily and if you don't take the time to look close everyday, you just might miss something special.

The branches above belong to what I think is a maple tree. It's growing at my mother and father in-laws home. Soon the frilly buds will fade and turn into lovely leaves that will fill up the branches and provide shade until fall. Enjoy the buds while they last, they won't be around long!