The local gift shop had some of that twisted paper ribbon on sale for which I paid the (princely) sum of $1.25, so, despite the fact that my personal rule for some years is to only recycle and never to purchase gift decorating supplies, I broke down & bought this stuff in coral, turquoise and blue-green—sort of a beach colour combo.

Actually third in the series. Paper, bows, ribbon, old map. May, 2016. Shot with E620, and, um the lensbaby?

I have, understandably, a lot of red and green stuff; and very little orange or blue. So it was nice to work in a new colour scheme. That an old map providently matched my new materials was a lagniappe.

First two items in the series. May 2016. SonyRX100

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