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I was actually really excited when I saw the prompt for this assignment. In the last four weeks that I have been home, I have had very little time to actually sit outside and enjoy nature. This assignment allowed me to do just that.

The color I chose for this assignment was purple. Purple and I go way back to my childhood. I have always loved the color but I not entirely sure why. The color purple is often associated with royalty, creativity, wisdom, and ambition. I would say that three of these characteristics have some form of relation to me.

  • I have always been a pretty creative person. I love finding new hobbies and crafts and bringing them to life!
  • I would consider myself to be a pretty ambitious person as well. If I have a goal in mind, nothing can stop me until I achieve it.
  • Lastly, I have always been referred to as an ‘old soul’, meaning I have wisdom beyond my years.
  • I do not have a relation to royalty, although it would be cool to be Mia Thermopolis for a day!

I took these photos in my backyard because I ran out of time before I had to go to work, but I am still happy with the results!

Color Walk Time Line – Flower Edition

10:45 AM: Lupines – if you read my story about the apple tree in my backyard you will know that it was not here when we first moved in, these flowers were also not there. If you look past the flowers you will see a pretty dense section of trees, down in that jungle, as we always have referred to it as are a variety of different colored lupine flowers. My brother and I picked them for my mom when we were kids and when they died she threw them down that cliff, now they come back every year.

10:48 AM: Mom’s Sunscreen – my flower edition color walk was rudely interrupted by my mothers sunscreen that has been outside since last summer

10:49 AM: Petunias – planted by my mother

10:50 AM: Lilac bush – the only survivor left after my brother mowed down my mother’s rose bushes

10:52 AM: Marsh pea – I knew these flowers were in my backyard I just never knew what they were until I did a reverse image search for this assignment

10:54 AM: Onion peel – is it a red onion or purple onion?

10:55 AM: Red clover – while I was going through my backyard I was specifically looking for this flower because I knew we had it in our backyard and this is the only one I found

10:57 AM: Mysterious flower – I was unable to figure out what this flower is and I also did not know we had them in our yard

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ds106 – Color Walk Timeline

Hey guys! Had some crappy weather over the weekend so thought I’d go and take care of the Color Walk Assignment today. But! Instead of a color Walk assignment, I did a color “kayak” assignment in it’s place.

Me and my mom were able to escape the house while I was able to take care of this project. We went over to Pleasant Pond which is where my grandparents have their camp. Once we arrived I decided I would start the “Walk” from the beginning of my grandparents property. That’s where you will see the Red Mailbox in the First Image. I’ll detail the remainder of my journey from here;

3:34 – Initial Arrival – I ran up to the start of the driveway and snagged a picture of the mailbox. Then continuing down the road where I got the photos of the Red Brick & Red Trailer. Both the Red Flowers were also taken around that time as my grandmother had just recently been planting

3:36 – Setting off – Once we were all set with life jackets we grabbed a kayak from their compartment and took off into the pond.

3:45 – High Winds – We mostly stuck to the side of the pond as it was particularly windy today. I was able to snag a few photos of nearby canoes as well as those chairs that had been placed in an interesting upside-down fashion.

3:52 – Red Sailor – Once we made it past the boat with the Red lining we decided to cut across the pond and head back. The wind wasn’t working in our favor and my mom was getting sick of it. We attempted to cut right back to the house but we encountered some very turbulent waves. At one point, I got splashed big time. So I decided to try and shift my weight to the side opposite of the waves and that seemed to help out.

4:07 – Return Home – After our windy encounter, my mom and I decided to head back to the beach. Once we made it back I decided to take a picture of my grandparents red birdhouse and their “Pleasant Pond” sign. Kinda like an advertisement for all of the things this pond has to offer as well as cementing the journey so far.

Making this sure was a dozy. I was able to use/ semi understand the Timeline JS program. Once I had all my photos added to Flickr the process became relatively simple. I wasn’t sure if you necessarily had to post the spreadsheet to the web or not (website was showing weird errors) but I was able to submit my photos accordingly. Hope you guys enjoy!

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