Weekly Photo Challenge: Vibrant in Color and Shadow

How much color is a “Woman of Maturity” allowed to wear, anyway?  Mother Nature gets away with quite a lot: yellows, oranges, reds, purples, blues and greens of infinite shades.  For the better part of the year, she is clad in the most spectacular array of rainbow hues. 

 

And in some parts of the world, she spends months at a time wearing a shroud of monochrome, showing her age and her unique gravity.  This hints at perhaps a serious contemplation of the energy it takes to be fecund and exuberantly colorful.  

Don’t let this muted color palette fool you.  The ol’ girl is just as vibrant as ever, and her maturity shows in her ability to exhibit her shadow side with just as much style and grace as she displays on her sunnier face!

May we follow her example and not be ashamed to show our true colors in their full spectrum!

Vibrant