The theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is vivid.
The bright colors and striking patterns of Philippine banig (traditional sleeping mats) came to mind. Natural plant fibers are used for these handwoven mats, and the photos below are examples of a type made from a grass called “tikog”
Here are 3 pattern examples…
Two years ago, I accompanied my grandsons Jun and Gabriel to a summer camp field trip to the San Francisco Zoo.
Both my grandsons like to take photographs, and Jun captured this photo of a parrot in the tropical bird house. He was 8, and took many photographs while we were there. This is one of my favorites of his photos for the zoo trip.