The Life in My Years

This week, Ritva Sillanmäki leads the Lens-Artists Challenge with the topic, Choose a Color. ” . . . select one color (excluding black and white)”. . . “where your chosen color is the prominent hue . . .”

In the hills of Granada is the Moorish district called the Albaicin. It is a free for all of hues. In the Albaicin there is no discrimination against any color of the Pantone – they are all represented in spices, clothing, rugs, pottery, various foods and sweets and anything you can imagine. At one confectionary we saw pyramids of Turkish delights.

For this challenge, I relied heavily on the plant world. All of the florals below were taken at the San Francisco Botanical Garden during the latter days of COVID.

The kalanchoe thyrsiflora is a succulent, native to southern Africa. It’s also called the “paddle plant.” Hmm, I wonder why?

The purple and orange in the river daisy (below) make a stunning couple.

The pincushion protea is quite splashy.

As is the canna lily below.

And finally, this post is riding off into the sunset.

Before leaving click here to check out Ritva’s stunning images.