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Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Purple

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…thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2024/01/06/weekly-prompts-colour-challenge-purple-2/

I like purple but I have to admit that I am not drawn to it as a colour. Funny because our high school colours were purple and gold. When I think of purple I think of royalty and according to Kendra Cherry from VeryWell https://www.verywellmind.com/the-color-psychology-of-purple-2795820#toc-purple-meanings-and-associations, it can also represent spirituality, wealth, mystery, femininity and in the U.S., bravery and courage, i.e. the purple heart.

It is also not a commonly found colour in nature but I have managed to find a number of purple flowers. Going through my archive I’ve found the following purple objects.

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This is one of the few paintings where I’ve used the colour purple

Sunday Trees – January 7, 2024

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…now that winter is upon us, my tree photos are mainly of bare bones

On Saturday, it was so windy by the lake that not even the trees could shelter me from the biting cold.

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Thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees https://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/sunday-trees-515/

Cee’s Which Way Challenge With Snow

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…thanks to Cee for hosting the Which Way Challenge https://ceenphotography.com/2024/01/04/cwwc-which-ways-with-snow-or-the-color-white/

Last night we had our first significant snowfall this winter. My husband was out early shovelling the snow on our side and over at the neighbours on the opposite side of the street.

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Taken from our bedroom window and looking down the street toward the lake

Thursday Trios are Back for 2024

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…January 4, 2024

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Sets of candle trios
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A trio of double red poinsettias

If you have any trios you’d like to share please copy my link and paste it into your post so that I can check it out. Happy New Year, everyone!

Macro Monday – Close-ups at the Winter Holiday Market

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…last Thursday the family and I went to the Distillery District in Toronto where the Holiday Market was still on

It was another wet and grey day but these close-ups with the rain droplets and bright colours cheered me up.

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Monday Mural Behind the Flatiron Building

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..created by Canadian artist Derek Michael Besant

The mural, “trompe l’oeil”, is on the back of the Gooderham Building or more commonly known as the Flatiron Building. It appears to be a canvas screwed onto the façade with the edges of the canvas fluttering in the wind.

The Gooderham Building, is located on the wedge shaped corner of Wellington East, Front, and Scott Streets and was built in 1891. It was owned by George Gooderham who owned numerous properties throughout the city, including the Gooderham Distillery. He was one of the richest men in Canada and yet was relatively unknown.

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