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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

The Flower Hour - Sunflowers, Tulips, and Bluebells

Sunflowers - of course! We managed to fit in a visit to the sunflower fields at Timbuk Farms near the end of the season a couple years ago and it was so pretty. I haven't managed to fit in a visit this year and don't know that I'll be able to.

Tulips - another obvious choice for me. I love tulips!

I have decided to accept defeat with the letter U.

Virginia bluebell

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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge - Orange Is the Happiest Color

The Sunday Stills monthly color photo challenge is focused on orange this week. And more specifically the orange shades that are called by the name of another fruit, apricot.

Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow. ~Wassily Kandinksy

My collection of photos featuring orange or apricot subjects includes:

Monarch butterflies. And orange lantana flowers.

Pumpkins, of course!

Flowers (lilies, Gerbera daisy, Mexican sunflower, bird of paradise)

A sunrise and a sunset. One of each, although arguably almost every sunset photo has a color pallette that features plenty of orange, and a lot of sunrise photos do as well.

I wish I had a better photo, but the Baltimore oriole is orange.

And as I was searching I found this photo of a dark grey house with an apricot door. It's not just any house - this is the house I grew up in. It wasn't this color at all when I lived there. When we visited Calgary three years ago, we drove through my childhood neighborhood and my old home was one of the few original houses still on the street and I love the updates the new owners have made that can be seen from the outside.

Orange is the happiest color. ~Frank Sinatra

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Scripture and a Snapshot - Look to the Lord

Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name;

make known among the nations what he has done.

Sing to him, sing praise to him;

tell of all his wonderful acts.

Glory in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

Look to the LORD and his strength;

seek his face always.

~Psalm 105:1-4~

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

Everyday Images #96

Welcome to my ongoing challenge and reminder to myself to take photos somewhat regularly. I'm not a photographer, but I enjoy taking everyday photos of things I find interesting or want to remember later, and I'm more likely to notice interesting things when I'm intentionally watching for them. Having some prompts that are open to interpretation has helped me pay a little more attention to what's around me. Here's how it works: Every two weeks I have a few words and phrases to focus on, and I try to find opportunities to take pictures of these things each week. The link-up post will be here every other Thursday, sharing my photos and offering a link-up for participants to share theirs. Right below the link-up is where you'll find the next set of prompts.

August/September Prompts - Everyday Images #96

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sunrise/sunset

plants

reflection

Monday motivation

smoke

supplies

neighborhood spot (quarterly)

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sunrise/sunset - neither of these are exactly sunrise/sunset but close. First is the the early morning sun peeking through clouds and trees as seen from my driveway. Second is the clouds lit up at sunset over Zanesville.

plants - for some reason I was unaware that cana lilies grow in the water, but apparently that's what these are.

reflection - not very clear since it was dark, but there are reflections in the water at Carroll Creek

Monday motivation - I love Mondays because it is chorus rehearsal day and that's pretty motivational! Two weeks ago at rehearsal we were challenged to get selfies with two or three other chorus members that we don't usually get to talk with much, so I'm using a couple of the photos I got for this prompt.

smoke - thought I was going to have to give up on this one, but our power was out for awhile on Wednesday night and it occurred to me that once the power came on, I could get a photo of the smoke when I blew out candles.

supplies - some groceries out on the counter that I needed to put away

neighborhood spot (quarterly)

And a few bonus photos:

We got to see the lunar eclipse two weeks ago and got a couple of low quality photos.

Kitchen all tidied up and ready for us to have company!

We went to Maryland for the long weekend and got to spend a little bit of time with family.

Walked along Carroll Creek one evening with three of the kids. Aren't water lilies cool? The crisp cake pan shape of these lily pads fascinates me.

Was treated to this spectacular rainbow (you can barely see the double but it's there) after a downpour just as I was leaving the grocery store a couple nights ago.

I am sharing my photos every other Thursday, along with my prompts for the next two weeks. You can use all or some of the prompts for your own photo posts, or none of the prompts and just link up a post featuring your photos. Simple rules: Your posts must be family-friendly; the photos must be your own; and the post must be mostly photos. If you do share I'd appreciate a mention and link to A Fresh Cup of Coffee on your post.

The Everyday Images link-up is posted every other Thursday, and is open for two weeks.

September Prompts - Everyday Images #97

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steps

from underneath

morning light

at home (monthly)

beautiful

landmark

chair

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