Crops & Clips: Purple, blue and gold

My weekly potpourri of photos gathered from the archives features the colors of beauty, love and value,... purple, blue and gold, symbols of royalty, the sky and the most precious metal. 

CRITTER: Great Blue Heron

This heron was walking along our lawn at the edge of the lake, but as soon as I opened the back door it took off:



Purple, blue and gold adorn not only the peacock's tail, but also these baby Peacock Bass:



Linking to Misty's  CAMERA CRITTERS,

Linking to Eileen's SATURDAY'S CRITTERS,

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FENCE: Purple pre-dawn at the dead end

This is the view looking back to the east towards the barrier that separates the paved portion of Miramar Parkway and the unfinished western extension that leads into our local patch of wetlands. Happily for us, funding and property acquisition issues stalled the project over 12 years ago. About 10 minutes before sunrise, the sky is already quite bright: 



Linking to GOOD FENCES by Tex (Theresa). 

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SKYWATCH: Blue sky at dawn

As the road curves northward, a look back as, just before sunrise, the sky takes on a blue hue:



By the time we reach the lake, golden sunlight sets the altocumulus clouds ablaze:



Linking to SKYWATCH FRIDAY by Yogi, Sylvia and Sandy

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REFLECTION:

Sunlight has reached the tree tops on the opposite shoreline but not our side of the lake. The bellies of the clouds reflect purple, blue and gold on its surface: 



Linking to WEEKEND REFLECTIONS by James

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Please visit the links to all these memes to see some excellent photos on display

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