Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Sliding into the Sunny Days of Summer

ABC Wednesday is a word meme with participants from around the world. This fabulous meme was created and hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt who hails from Great Britain. We are now in our sixth round-some of the participants have been with this from the very first round; others have joined in along the way. Each week we are taken across the globe to see the varied and exciting contributions people have taken the time to discover and capture. We start with the letter, "A" and each week we post something in regards to the next letter of the alphabet. This week's letter is, "S".
Sedum



Sedum: also know as stonecrop. It grows really well here in my New Mexico garden. It is very faithful; coming back in spring and is the first to bloom in my garden. The ones that I have are great as they bloom at least twice in one season! And, their dried flower heads are fascinating...


Sand Art






Me thinks this is from a trip home to Molokai in the summer of 2007. Mark and I hiked down to the Kalaupapa peninsula for a day trip and the beach is what awaits you at the bottom of the 3.8 mile switchback trail (27  switchbacks?). Can't swim at this beach because it has wicked cross currents and undertow-not to mention a lot of hungry sharks! Anyway, my husband, Mark decided to amuse himself by casting this image in the sand.

Sunflower



There is nothing that marks the arrival of summer as well as the sunflowers that abound everywhere here in this state. You see the first blooms in June and they continue on until the fall. These are called new Mexico sunflower and they get VERY tall; over six feet! And, they have clusters of flowers up and down the stalk instead of one large bloom.

Sea Shells



Say it. Sea shells. 

Say it again. Sea shells.

Come on, I know you know what's coming next!!!

Say it five times really fast! 

"She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
"She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
"She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
"She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
"She sells sea shells by the sea shore."

Now, go untangle your twisted tongue...




17 comments:

Sylvia K said...

Fun post as always, Paula! Love your photos and particularly the sea shells! Gorgeous! Have a great week!

Sylvia

MaR said...

I love that tongue twister but I love your collection for S better!! simply lovely.

S is for street and...

Kate said...

I love everything about New Mexico! The first photo is ablaze with colour.

Roger Owen Green said...

Summer! It's 85 today. Espp love the sea shell by the she shore..
On behalf of the ABC Wednesday team, thank you!

photowannabe said...

You'll have to do the tongue twister for next week's " T "....
Fun post as always Paula. I really, really like the sunflower picture. It must be amazing to see a whole field of those.

Kim, USA said...

I got twisted before I finish the first sentence lol!!Is sedom plant a cactus?

ABC Wednesday~S

studioJudith said...

Love those sea shells ...
and Mark's Sandman!

Tumblewords: said...

Great S's! I posted about sand art, too - a little different than yours, though. Love the sea shells and I wonder what kind of sedum I have that doesn't bloom until frost and then for only a week or sometimes less. Hmmm. I need to investigate.

Amy said...

Paula, I'm jealous you're already in the "warm" season. Love your sedum and sand art. I used "sand" for my "s" this week. Since you're an artist, I think you'd enjoy the video I posted on a very different form of sand painting. And, no, I'm not going to try to get tongue twisted - very clever!

Bettey said...

These are all lovely "S's"!!! I really like the shells :)

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Vicki said...

Great post! Wonderful pictures!

Mara said...

Sheesh, shlove shthat shart. Sorry, sgetting sbetter ssoon. Okay, love that art. And I didn't even try that tongue twister. Much...

Hildred said...

Your sedum and your sea shells are particularly lovely, - the brilliant colour of the sedum is beautiful.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful entry.

Please have a nice Wednesday.

daily athens

Joy said...

Sedums are such tolerant plants and can grow anywhere in sun but how marvellous to flower twice, mostly grown here for September colour. Sand and seashells, bliss.

Rune Eide said...

Barely audible: Snice ssnells and ssunnflwersss!

Unknown said...

"Sedum, Sand-Art, Sunflower, Seashells! Wonderful S-words!
Love the photo of the seashells! I snuck in "Seashell" almost as an afterthought on my post!
Best wishes,
Anna

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