CFFC: Pastels

Softness of coral, paired with misty green
creates tranquility, pleasing garden scene.

A sleeping dove captured by surprise,
reveals tender blue lidding the eyes.

The sweetest of pastels, pink light at day’s end –
water and sky, pre-slumber, gracefully blend.

(Photos from private collection, submitted here for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: pastel colours.)

4 thoughts on “CFFC: Pastels”

Thanks so much for playing along this week. I love your bird photo.

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V.J. Knutson says:

September 26, 2018 at 4:12 pm

Thanks Cee. I like him too. No wonder he didn’t fly away at my approach, lol.

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Love the sleeping dove. Serenity in pastels.

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V.J. Knutson says:

September 25, 2018 at 11:51 pm

Thanks, Olga. I love that pic too – one of those flukes.

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