Last week was a very sad week in San Jose, California, where I live.  Another senseless mass shooting took place, resulting in the deaths of nine employees of our mass transit system, VTA. I visited the memorial in City Hall Plaza to pay tribute.  One of the photos that I made is my 52 Frames submission and I will not share it until next week. I begin my post with a few photos from that visit and a series made from a beautiful bouquet of Peonies.  I conclude with the photos that I submitted to photo challenges during the week.

MEMORIAL AT CITY HALL PLAZA

 

PEONY COLLECTION

 

PHOTO CHALLENGES

The challenges have different themes and rules.  For some, the photo must be taken the week of the challenge, for others you can dig into your archives.  Some even have prizes.  Many of the sites have pages on Facebook.  Links are included to each challenge and the theme of the challenge is in the caption of each picture. 

52 Frames Weekly Challenge: https://52frames.com/

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2021/05/22/lens-artists-challenge-149-cool-colors-blue-and-green/

Theme: Cool Colors

Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: 

https://secondwindleisure.com/2021/05/23/sunday-stills-favorite-vacation-spot/