Red, White and Blue

 

These colors are found in nature everywhere we look!

Red-bellied Woodpecker

I enjoyed watching this one work his way up a pine tree in the forest.

And for white, I'll share this section of the trail I was on. 

This is a cluster of frogfruit that is growing on a trail of crushed seashells.

It's BRIGHT in the direct summer sunshine!

This airplane was a beautiful blue.

And I saw a couple of Blue Jays too.

And don't even get me started on the flowers! 

We enjoy an abundance of color year round here in the Sunshine State of Florida.

Are you having a colorful summer too?

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  and Mosaic Monday HERE !

Feeling Blue?

Since my favorite color is blue and it's found so much in nature, I guess feeling blue is a good thing for me. I have felt a little sorry for myself this week because it's been too hot to hike. I took advantage of the weather to clean...clean...clean! I've been getting rid of things that feel like 'too much'. And I took a big donation to the Hospice Thrift store yesterday. That felt great! 

But back to the blue in nature.

The last time I was at the Pruitt Trailhead of the Florida Trails, I watched a flock of birds fly from one side of the trail to the other. 

I caught glimpses of blue but couldn't tell what they were until I looked at my photos.

They appear to be young Blue Jays. 

It was hard to see them through the leaves on the trees.

This is the tree I was looking up into!!! We could play a game of 'find the blue jays'! heehee

Oh and looking up HIGH in the sky overhead I saw this flock of large birds flying North. I'm zoomed with my camera and the photo is cropped! They flew behind the clouds...above the clouds! 

Any ideas on what they might be?

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  and I’d Rather B Birdin’.