Watercolor Sunday and Saturday's Color: July 2018

When August comes, does it feel like summer is ending or still in full-throttle for you?  Actually, I always started thinking of school in August, whether for me or my kids, which made me think about the fall...before it started!

Right now, however, we're still dealing with record high temps all over Europe and, sadly, not enough rain.  So, yes, summer is still full-throttle for me.

Here are my Watercolor Sunday posts on Facebook for July 2018:

July 1 (photo manipulation):

"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves
as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government.

I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."

--George Washington

HAPPY July  1st and 4th to all my Canadian and American family and friends.

July 8 (photo manipulation):

"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead;

his eyes are closed."

--Albert Einstein

July 15 (photo manipulation):

"You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarted than you think."

--A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

July 22 (photo manipulation):

"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand."

--Mother Teresa

July 29 (photo manipulation):

"I imagine that yes is the only living thing."

--e.e. cummings

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My Saturday's Color posts on Facebook for July 2018:

(finished on 19 February, posted on FB 7 July 2018)

Believe it or not, I had already queued up this Vintage Patterns design before connecting the fact

that last evening we were eating dinner with an Irish man and his Dutch wife.

I love how the Celtic knots stick out like a sore thumb, don't you?

More Irish you cannot get!

(finished on 27 December 2016, posted on FB 14 July 2018)

I love the quote in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" when Shug says

"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."

YUP.

(from my mini-mandala 6 x 6 in. book)

(finished on 5 February, posted on FB 21 July 2018)

It's that time of the year to notice Mother Nature strutting her stuff everywhere we go.

(from my Stained Glass book)

(finished on 12 March, posted on FB 28 July 2018)

These are colors I like together, even if I might not ever wear them.  HA!

(from my Mandala book)

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Here's a fun tooting-my-own-horn moment, if you don't mind:

It goes back to all the posts I published about all our capers while in Malta, 2016.  Remember?  It so happens that Raymond Fenech, who lives there and is an author of short stories, poems, articles and essays, published in 12 countries, contacted me last year to request the use of one of my images at the Addolorata Cemetery.  In exchange, I would receive a copy of his book.

Talk about a man of his word!  That book arrived by mail this week:

The Incident of the Mysterious Priest, 2017, Adelaide Books

And yes, one image with credit to me.  :)

Thank you, Ray!