First Wednesday of the month means it is Close-Up or Macro Day for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge. These were all taken during July 2022 in Billings, Montana.
CMMC – August 2022 Close Up
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CMMC July Alphabet: Letter L at End of Word
July’s Alphabet for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge is Letter L at the End of the Word. Rather than scroll through the digital files, I looked around for some things to photograph.
The desk bell was used by my first grade teacher and is now in my bell collection!
No fun story for the pencil; it’s just one of many in a cup.
Flower of the Day: Daisy
My favorite picture from my field trip to Zoo Montana / Yellowstone Arboretum on Friday, July 21, 2022.
Posted in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
CMMC: July Pick a Topic – Flowers, Trees and Hats
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – July Pick a Topic from [her] Photo prompted me to head to Zoo Montana / Yellowstone Arboretum with camera in hand. I knew I would find flower beds with trees in the background and hoped there might be a person or two wearing hats.
Volunteers – wearing hats! – with the Botanical Society of Zoo Montana were tending the Sensory Garden.
May there be sunshine and flowers to brighten your day!
Children at Rose Park
I headed to Rose Park here in Billings the other day thinking there might be roses to photograph. Although I didn’t any roses, I discovered children of all ages at the park by 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning!
The tennis courts were busy, young adults were playing sand volleyball, preschool age children were on the playground, and there was a Little League game on the baseball field.
The flower garden sponsored by Compassionate Friends Billings Chapter was being tended by a woman whose son died by suicide at the age of 41. As she and I talked I was reminded that we will always by children to our parents or to those who raised us.
May you have child-like curiosity, delight, and enthusiasm in your life today.
Posted in response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt – Children.
CMMC – Primary Colors
Painting was one of the first tasks when I moved from Iowa to Montana about a month ago.
Coloring after supper at my parents’ home. Not sure who enjoys it more: my mom or the two-year-old who lives next door!
Posted in response to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge with Primary Colors as theme of the week.
Wait! What? Cee listed the primary colors of light: red, green and blue. I looked for pictures with the traditional primary colors of blue, red, and yellow. So here is one more photo.
CMMC: Milkweed Flowers
Just a few weeks ago these milkweed plants at Riverfront Park in Billings, Montana were inundated by the Yellowstone River.
Today the milkweed flowers are opening and I’m hoping some monarch butterflies will soon come through. Did you know milkweed leaves are the sole source of food for monarch butterfly larvae?
In the meantime, I’m enjoying the shapes and textures of the flowers.
Posted in response to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge July Close-up or Macro.
Cattails
Posted in response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt.
CMMC February Color Teal or Turquoise
I realized yesterday that I had tentatively selected pictures for February color week of Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge but did not upload and post them. Imagine that!
I wasn’t convinced they met the challenge of having the color teal or turquoise. I’m still not sure.
Nevertheless, here they are. Because a blueish-turquoisish colored flamingo from my Aunt Clara’s yard in Arizona makes me smile. And because a dog named Moose was willing to pose when I met him the week of the original challenge in February.
CMMC March Rainbow Colors
A few photos from the 2021 Iowa State Fair for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge Rainbow Colors (more than four colors).
From kiddie rides on the midway to the entries in the Agricultural Building there are rainbow colors in every direction.
Another LQQK 