LEM Photo Challenge: Blue

The theme for Live Every Moment's Photo Challenge this week is blue. This is the backside of a glass starfish necklace that I draped over a conch shell.
Congrats to last weeks winners in the Black and White challenge and although I wasn't one of those lucky ones I'm honored to have been in the list of Tara's favorites. Thanks Bunches Tara!!!
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Midweek Blues

Most of you may know I have a cat. Her name is Heidi and this is her Christmas stocking. It makes me smile each time I pull it out of the Christmas box.

Look closely at this image. I wanted to show you these blue rocks and as I sat looking at them I noticed an old ugly troll with mismatched eyes, a blue nose and blue cheek. LOL!
Actually I found these blue rocks embedded in the concrete wall of some old river locks that are no longer in use. The walls have stood since the 1800's. As you can see it isn't made strictly of concrete as we know today. I wonder where the pretty blue rocks came from and what they are. There were also some red ones. I posted about these locks a couple of years ago. Click here.

On the recent October day I was there the water was running forcefully over the old structure. It was a bright sunny day as you can see by the blue sky reflected in the water where it begins to flow over. I have seen the water low enough that it was only running over in a couple of places and folks can actually sit on top and fish.

Although it is a manmade waterfall I hope my friends Betsy and George enjoy the surging waters.

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Midweek Blues Overhead

Hubs and I have lived in our area for the last three years. Last week we visited the local regional airport just to see what it looked it. It's fair to say it is a small airport with not a lot of activity.
We were the only car circling the lot when we were there. I asked Hubs to pull over so I could take a photo of this turquoise plane for Midweek Blues. To me the paint color is reminiscent of an old fifties Chevrolet.

As we were pulling away to leave we heard the sound of a plane taking off and I was fairly quick in getting this shot of a royal blue plane as it left the landing strip.

After we had left the airport we stopped by a Wildlife Refuge where I took this shot of a dragonfly. The plane above flew overhead. You can't tell from the silhouette in the overcast sky but it was mostly blue as well.

Have a wonderful Wednesday and don't let any 'midweek blues' get you down. Keep looking up!

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Midweek Blues: Vintage Yard Chairs

Two blue chairs alone

The shade tree offers respite

Summer resting place.

Hubs and I went for a drive Sunday on an unexplored country road. I saw these chairs under a tree and asked him to stop so I could get a quick picture. I've always loved the old metal lawn chairs and remember them from my childhood. I like the peeling paint and the rust on these blue ones and it looks like they were yellow in a previous life. When I downloaded the pics I kept staring at that yellow paint and kept noticing something which is why I've done a very tight crop on the chairs for you. Do you see them? Do you see what I saw? Look closely. How much do you want to bet that those two square sections are pieces of masking tape that at one time told the price of these chairs at some yard sale or flea market? I just had to smile at that thought but I wonder how much they were and wished I had been the one to find them.
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Blue Bottle Tree: Yard Art

The bottle tree reflects an ancient African tradition that can be traced as far back as ninth century Congo where natives hung hand-blown glass on huts and trees to ward off evil. The tradition continued in Africa and eventually became a part of Southern African-American folklore. In the early American South, trees, typically cedar because its branches point toward the heavens, were stripped of foliage and decorated with colorful glass bottles.According to African legend, the bottles attract evil spirits, which are drawn to the bursts of sunlit color. The spirits then become trapped inside the bottles, their voices heard moaning as the wind passes by. Though the legend that the bottles trap evil spirits is widely accepted, some believe that the bottles hold the spirits of their ancestors, while others contend that the bottle tree grants wishes.

("The Campus Chronicle", Savannah College of Art and Design)

This bottle tree isn't mine although I want one! Hubs and I found this along the same highway as the huge concrete cactus I posted a couple of weeks ago.

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