Yellow - Light, Sunny and Cheerful

 

The Yellow Lily and miniature Yellow Rose are examples of why yellow is one of my favorite colors but not the main reason. When I was old enough to understand my birth month was November, I learned that my birth stone was the Yellow Topaz or Citrine. But my favorite colors are all the shades of brown from tan to tawny, coffee to carmel - the calm, subdued, muted hues appeal to me.

That doesn't mean I don't like all the pinks, salmon, reds, white, maroon, orange, gold, etc. of my other flowers because I do.

A few days ago, I found this little dragonfly, possibly a Halloween Pennant, lying dead on the patio next to this planter. I put it on the flowers to take this photo. I wonder if the heat killed it.

This is the one Sunflower I allow to grow each year. Several come up volunteer but if I let them all grow it is like a forest out there.

Soon I'll have another yellow flower to admire. The bits of yellow in this photo are Rudbeckia - Black-Eyed Susans. They are also volunteers. I started with one plant. They spread so much I have to pull and discard many of them.

I showed a photo of the Moss Rose in the old mail box in May but my Arizona rocks weren't in front of it.

These are rocks given to me by my friend Kristina who split her time between her AZ home and her Wisconsin house. 

She brought them to me in August, 2017. She told me she found the heart rock on the day my mother died, December 16, 2003. I hope one of my children or grandchildren will keep and treasure both of these rocks.

Last Thursday we had a very nice visit from granddaughter Alyssa and her two children Lily and Maverick. It had been a year since we last saw them and both the kids have grown and changed a lot.

Lily is so talented and smart. She's also quite adept about slipping in funny and sometimes sarcastic remarks.

Maverick will be in third grade this coming school year. He has also become quite the fisherman.

The Orioles and the House Finches are still enjoying the grape jelly. I just opened my third  32 oz. jar.

These two Turtle Doves have been visiting on a regular basis the past couple of weeks. I keep fresh water in the bird bath for all the birds. Robins and Bluejays are the ones who actually bathe in it. The others just drink from it. 

People, birds, and all other creatures are just trying to stay cool. ....and cheerful.