Share the Joy: Sunsets, Rainbows, and Art Journaling

As some of you know,

I was vacationing last week 

and was unhooked (mostly) from technology.

As a result, Share the Joy went by the wayside.

But here it is again.

Over the past week, 

I found joy in the colors of sunsets,

the breaking of waves on the shore,

warm days and cups of shaved ice.

Unhooked from technology,

I found time to finish

The Sparkling-Eyed Boy (Amy Benson)

and to read 

Licking the Spoon (Candace Walsh).

I started my very first art journal,

painting the blank pages with liquid watercolor,

then collaging, doodling, drawing (a little),

and adding text. 

This page has been altered since I took this picture

of it, but that's the point, isn't it?

I also checked the Pearl Harbor memorial

off my bucket list.

We motored out to the USS Arizona's resting site

in the rain and it drizzled most of the 20 minutes

or so we were there.

But perhaps five minutes before it was time

to go back to shore, there was a brief clearing

and with it, a rainbow that seemed to originate

from the Arizona and arched up to Ford Island.

You can't see it in this photo,

but above the first, most vivid rainbow

was a second one.

Seeing rainbows always gives me joy,

even if they appear in a somber setting.

What gave you joy this week?

Share the Joy. 

1. do a post that tells and shows what gives you joy.

2. capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into 

the Mr. Linky box along with your info.

3. Visit other players and let their joy infect you.

Leave them a comment because everyone

 enJOYS getting positive feedback.

Let's start an epidemic of JOY!