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The theme for You Capture this week was COLD.

At the moment, it seems that Beth’s web site has crashed. She’s the host of You Capture. An amazing woman, really. I’m sure she is frantically trying to figure out what’s up with her site. Hopefully the issue will be resolved soon. A crashed web site is the last thing that Beth needs.

I didn’t exactly expend a ton of effort this week capturing “cold” anyway. But I’ll share the few lame photos that are (sort of) worth sharing.

Cold, Gray Morning

Freezing His Ball Off

This "Cold" Stuff is For the Birds

Of the three, I think the one of Reflectofrog is my favorite.  Gaze into his silver ball and you’ll see me with my point-and-shoot. Yep, another week went by without my using the big gun. Maybe I’ll be feeling more-inspired next week.

Cold would’ve been more fun to shoot if there were some snow on the ground. These cold, gray days are the worst.

I hope you are staying warm!

This week’s them for You Capture is “morning.” I am determined to participate regularly this year. So even though these shots are less than stellar, I had to post something.

Why are they not so good? I am in Texas for work this week. I have my phone camera and my point and shoot. But I can’t get the images off of my point and shoot and into the computer, so I just had to rely on the phone shots. Two of the three were taken while driving.

Next week, I’ll do better. I promise.

Wet Morning

Morning Commute

Morning Commute Too

To see how other participants interpreted the morning theme, visit this week’s You Capture page.

It’s fully Spring in Maryland. In West Virginia, too.

This week’s You Capture theme is pink.

There’s a proliferation of pink everywhere. Pink Azaleas. Pink Dogwood trees. Pink tulips. Little girls wearing pink. Pink snow cones. Pink pansies (although purple is more common).

As plants go, my favorite pinks are the Redbud trees.

Eastern Redbud

Who can resist a cute little girl wearing pink? Even if the little girl isn’t human?

Belle, our youngest dog, pretty in pink.

But really, the pink I’ve enjoyed looking at most over the last few days is not naturally occurring. And it’s indoors. Which, if you’ve seen many of my posts, is quite the opposite of all the nature and doggie shots I like to share.

Anyway… here’s some pink that really makes me happy.

My new pink bag.

It’s very girly, isn’t it? Again, not like me. But I just love all of the pinks with the white and black. I bought it from Vintage4Creations on Etsy. It only cost $20. I bought another very cool, but again very girly, bag from the same lady. It, too, was only $20. Both are very well-made. I just adore the way this woman combines colors, textures, and vintage touches like the big black button closure.

One of my on-line friends, Shybiker, is a motorcyclist, but also has a fashion blog. I am no fashionista, but I just love Shybiker. Not all of the posts are about fashion, but many are. I read them anyway. Until recently, I couldn’t identify with the “this dress made me happy” sort of thing. Until I bought this bag, which has been hanging on my door all week for me to admire.

Finally, I get it. This bag makes me happy.

See what pink the other participating photographers managed to capture this week by visiting Beth’s Blog.