color Carnival #42 --- Blue Jay Art

Color Carnival is a meme hosted by Martha at Martha's Menagerie that celebrates all the colors in God's rainbow.

Afraid I have some bad news to go along with this post. Here is the story. Last Monday night we were driving pass the local high school and noticed a group of painted blue jay's on stakes in the ground near the entrance. That is not a route we travel often so we missed seeing them before. It was just getting dark and the Old Salt and I discussed whether we should go back and take the pictures or wait until the next morning to photograph them in the day light. We decided to go back. When I saw how dark the photos were I knew I was going to go retake them the next morning. But, that morning never came.

We got a call that night informing us a family member had been in an accident, so we packed a bag and headed out of town. When we returned on Thursday afternoon our route took us right past the high school, but, the blue jays were gone. I am assuming the birds were part of some art project or pep rally since the Blue Jay is the mascot for the school's sports teams.

I regret not retaking the photos but, I am going to share them anyway for this week's Color Carnival because I think they are creative and certainly full of color.

The last bird in this photo looks kind of different because it has a deflated helium balloon hanging on it. Due to a fence I could not get close enough to remove it.



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