For Terri’s Sunday Stills monthly color challenge where we are working with “Pink.” I love pink, all kinds and shades of pink. I love pink flowers, pink clothes, pink sunrises, one of my favorite crystals to work with is rose quartz, you get the idea.

“Pretty pretty please don’t you ever, ever feel like you’re less than, less than perfect. And pretty, pretty please don’t you ever, ever feel like you’re nothing, ’cause you are perfect to me.” ~Pink
Above, a little digital piece with a quote from Pink’s song “Perfect.” There is a more explicit version so be warned if you go looking for the song lyrics.

Here’s an eclectic bit of pink. What the heck are we looking at? A fish finder sonar screen of Loch Ness from our Nessie hunting trip. The different colors indicate varying water temperatures. It was a fabulous day spent on the waters of Loch Ness, if you have a chance to visit the Scottish Highlands, I highly recommend it.

Here’s an interesting bit of pink signage. It seems that pink is universally associated with feminine. Here the boarding point for the “women only” car on a commuter train in Osaka, Japan. From what I have been told, at peak hours the train can be jam-packed and women complained that being squeezed up against men was undignified. Osaka responded by designating one or more cars as “women only” no men allowed.

Here a bright pink jacket and very long queue displayed on an intrepid adventurer climbing steps to a small shrine at the “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” near Kyoto. Yes, that’s me ;-). Balancing precariously without a handrail I felt like a tightrope walker.

A young couple in traditional dress pose for pictures near Kyomizu. Love the bright pink kimono. Such charming people, they just smiled and waved to tourists snapping away. We were trying to capture the changing foliage but couldn’t find a way to frame the walkway and pond due to limited space. Ultimately, we just left the lovely people in and it turned out beautiful.
Of course, I can’t leave without some pink flowers.

A delicate pink lotus flower growing in a large serenity pond in Suzhou, China. There were many different varieties of water lily and lotus in the pond. Lotus tend to be taller and rise above the water much more than a water lily. There you have it, teaching moment. 😉

And finally, a gorgeous rhododendron from my all-time favorite flower photography place, the Queens Garden in Invercargill, NZ. The park nearly over flows with rhododendrons of every color and size.
This week’s challenge prompts:
Cee’s Midweek Madness “Any pale color” – see Lotus above
Cee’s FOTD – rhododendron
That’s it from Castle Serenity for this week. Til next time remember
~ Look for me where the wild things are ~JP
Your rosy and pink perspectives are quite wonderful, JP! I would love to hunt for Nessie–a trip to the UK is in order! Your pics from Japan are so stunning, that couple probably became Social Media influencers overnight, LOL!
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Thank you Terri. The Scottish Highlands trip was soooo much fun. We’re hoping to go again. Loch Lomond was unbelievably beautiful. We were in Kyoto at the beginning of fall and oh my the Japanese maples WOW
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Oh what wonderful pinks for both of these challenges 😀 😀
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I enjoyed all of those and I like that song by Pink!
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Thank you so much. I was so surprised the first time I heard it, been a fan ever since.
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