We are, sadly, heading into that time of year when fresh natural colour is going to become harder and harder to photograph. It is true that human made colour will abound, regardless of the season, but skies aside, natural colours - vibrant bright ones - will be hard to come by.
So here find a trip through my archives and see some things, initially rejected, that never got shared with anyone which are dedicated to the memory of colour long gone.
detail - outside ceramincs
mute
no longer fits
lily fair
maple leaf forever
in the garden
very small quackling
cling
soft
graceful
alight
soft
soft flier
twinned in pale blue (*&^&%^%&** purple, sigh - ***** colourblindness!!)