Sunday Selections # 792 -- Colour of the Month: Gold.

For today's Sunday Selections,

a blog hop party of photography challenges

hosted by River of Drifting Through Life --

I'm fulfilling the Colour of the Month prompt

provided by Charlotte of MotherOwl's Musings.

This month's colour is Gold.

Here's a few photos of gold (or gilded) items

from my travels over the years --

1. Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy (2008)

A corridor ceiling overflowing with

golden-framed Renaissance paintings.

2. Brooklyn Public Library, New York (2009)

On one of its entrance columns, the Goddess Athena

with the Python of Delphi at her feet.

3. Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey,

 London, England (2009)

The ancient Chair itself is wood, but

the four Lions supporting it are gilded.

The empty space just above the Lions is

where the Stone of Scone is placed

for the Coronation ceremony.

4. Temple of the Golden Pavilion,

Kyoto, Japan (2012)

This photo was taken from the back,

on the shore of the lake

which the Temple overlooks.

5. Sweet Cake Plate, Uji City, Japan (2012)

I was served this sweet cake

on a golden glazed ceramic plate

at the start of a Tea Ceremony.

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2008, 2009 and 2012]

Sunday Selections # 787 -- Colour of the Month: Sea Green

For today's Sunday Selections,

a blog hop party of photography challenges

hosted by River of Drifting Through Life --

I'm fulfilling the Colour of the Month prompt

provided by Charlotte of MotherOwl's Musings.

This month's colour is Sea Green.

Well, I turned my place upside down,

but I could only find ONE item

with this distinctive shade of green --

1. Green Tara

The Tibetan Buddhist bodhisattva Tara is an

ancient deity of compassion, healing and regeneration.

Tara ("Star") manifests herself in 21 forms,

each of which is a different colour.

In the 21st century, Green Tara has become a powerful symbol

of environmentalist concern and activism for the Earth

because of her colour, which has brought her widespread

new recognition and popularity.

My Green Tara is a small, meticulously hand-painted

canvas mask from Tibet. She is richly adorned in

an elaborate headdress, necklace and earrings.

Like all bodhisattvas and buddhas, her earlobes are

extremely elongated as evidence of her

innumerable reincarnations in this world.

I got my Green Tara about 20 years ago in

an Edmonton spirituality store.

[Photo © Debra She Who Seeks, 2023]

Sunday Selections #784 -- Colour of the Month: Ocean Twilight

For today's Sunday Selections,

a blog hop party of photography challenges

hosted by River of Drifting Through Life --

I'm fulfilling the Colour of the Month prompt

provided by Charlotte of MotherOwl's Musings.

This month's colour is Ocean Twilight.

Let me just say, in my own defence, that

pickins are slim for this colour around my place.

And I'm not even sure that the items

I found are actually Ocean Twilight

but again, in my own defence, I'm a little

colour blind at the dark end of the spectrum.

Also, my items are boring AF and

I realize there's no defence for that.

1. My Lug Brand Purse

Admittedly, this looks pretty

Navy Blue in the photo, doesn't it?

2. My Night Stand Lamp Shade

Product of IKEA 25 years ago

and it looks it, I must say.

Hmmm, is this Ocean Twilight?

How about if the lightbulb is off?

Does that make it closer to Ocean Twilight?

Hmmm, I don't think so either.

3. Rocket Raccoon Action Figure

Any other fans out there of Marvel's

Guardians of the Galaxy franchise?

I thought Rocket's uniform colour was pretty

close to Ocean Twilight, but now

I think I'm just kidding myself.

Also, Rocket Raccoon can never be

accused of being boring, so I apologize

for using that term in regard to you, Sweet Rabbit. 

Please don't shoot me.

Hopefully, I'll do better with whatever

next month's colour will be.

[Photos #1-3 © Debra She Who Seeks 2026;

Photo #4 © Debra She Who Seeks 2023]

Sunday Selections #778 -- Colour of the Month: Electric Rose

For today's Sunday Selections,

a blog hop party of photography challenges

hosted by River of Drifting Through Life --

I'm fulfilling the Colour of the Month prompt

provided by Charlotte of MotherOwl's Musings.

This month's colour is Electric Rose.

Here's what I found around my place

to fulfill the colour prompt.

1. Household Bucket and Tai Chi Fan

The household bucket is kind of self-explanatory, LOL.

My tai chi fan has a beautiful pink peony on it.

Here's the fan opened wide for a better view.

Back in the day when I was doing an extensive tai chi practice,

I used this in a "tai chi kung fu fan" routine.

If you'd like to know more about that, click here.

2. T-shirt and Nightie

I don't usually wear a lot of pink

(too girly-girl for me), so these are

the only two clothing items I have in that colour.

I never attended or got a degree from the U of A,

but I worked there for quite a few years in a legal think tank.

I love the pink (and black) kitties on the nightie!

Its background colour is actually a very light pink too,

but it doesn't really show up in the photo.

This nightie is as old as the bloody hills

but I keep holding on to it for some reason.

Oh, who am I fooling? KITTIES!

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026]

Some Favourite Art From Other Countries

[A link party about art issues hosted by

Nicole of DVArtist, Art, Food, Gardening]

[also linking to Sunday Selections #775

hosted by River of Drifting Through Life]

This week's inquiry --

Do we have any favourite art

in our homes from other countries?

When I visited the island of Cozumel

off the coast of the Mexican Riviera,

I bought this locally crafted terra cotta mermaid

who came with her own feline "purrmaid" by her side --

From Maui, I brought back a block print

depicting Pele the Volcano Goddess, she of the fiery hair,

enthusiastically stoking the lava pits of Haleakala --

The Tree of Life is a favourite symbol of mine

so I could not resist buying this wall hanging woven by

an artisan in Peru (but purchased here in Edmonton) --

It also serves a practical purpose by hiding

the breaker box located behind it, LOL!

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026]

My Art Space

This post is for both:

Sunday Selections, a blog hop party of photography

hosted by River of Drifting Through Life

and

Sunday in the Art Room, a link party

about art issues hosted by Nicole of

DVArtist, Art, Food, Gardening.

Nicole's challenge for us this week is:

"Show us your art space."

I don't have a separate art room per se.

I just work at my dining area table.

I need to use a lamp because my place

has very harsh track lighting

which throws terrible shadows.

But I do have a kind of "art space"

specially dedicated to keeping all

my art supplies in one place

for ease of storage and retrieval --

this IKEA bureau beside the

sideboard close to my table.

It also serves a dual purpose

of being the location of

my monthly Full Moon Altars.

And here are the art supplies

in each of its four drawers

in descending order.

First Drawer:

watercolours --

Second Drawer:

coloured art pencils,

pen-and-ink,

graphite drawing --

Third Drawer:

miscellaneous art and craft supplies --

Fourth Drawer:

sketchbooks, portfolios,

stands and portable easel --

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026]

Sunday Selections Colour of the Month: Carmine

This year I'll be participating from time to time in

Sunday Selections, a blog hop party of photography

challenges hosted by River of Drifting Through Life.

Charlotte of MotherOwl's Musings also provides a

Colour of the Month prompt as part of the challenge.

This month's colour is Carmine.

Here's what I found around my place

to fulfill the colour prompt!

1. Kitchen Utensils, Oven Mitts, and Teapot

My kitchen is basically

white and off-white everything,

so I use red items to jazz it up.

2. Christmas Placemats

I just bought these at a seniors' centre

craft sale in November. I love the fabric pattern!

3. Three Thors

From my Marvel action figures collection.

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026]