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Happy Color Update: Mid-September 2025
September 18, 2025
Time for this month’s Happy Color update (previous one is here).
This month’s featured pictures are two of the separators I decided to finish since I have so very many separators in progress:
Groups I’ve finished since the previous update (most recent listed first; all counts include any friends I matched with the main images for the group):
Country Music Day (20) [used this opportunity to do a dozen of the US states pictures from places, added a couple guitar players from hobbies, and a quartet of fashion/people images]
Daily and mystery for second week of September (18)
Dreamcatchers (18) [not entirely sure where this group] came from; I think I saw a couple in mandalas when I was looking for pairings for other things, then used the new-ish search feature to find more]
Coloring Day (6) [September 14]
Patterns, mostly angular (10) [most were separators]
Wildlife special event (4)
Separators: shapes in boxes (4)
Patriot Day (2) [September 11]
Separators: gently rounded boxes (2)
Popular: hummingbirds, alligators and water lilies, zinnias, bedrooms, parrots in hearts, women in hats in silhouette, bundles of tulips, stove (18) [to progress on award]
Separators: zig zags, curved six pointed stars, overlapping circles, rainbow squiggles, paisley (10)
Mandalas from World of Symmetry collection (18) [to progress on collections award]
Teddy Bear Day (2) [September 9]
Daily and Mystery for first week of September (20)
Grandparents Day (2) [September 8]
Brazil Independence Day (2) [September 7]
Op art patterns (2) [had been separators]
Cats and dogs in beds and on rooftops (4) [to progress on award]
Daily and mystery for last week of August (18)
Pictures of week and month for August (12)
Remaining summer from big group: ice cream and other sweet treats [50], fruits [52], drinks (many of which feature fruits) [42]. [144 total]
Labor Day (2) [September 1]
Daily and Mystery for 3rd week of August (18)
Dog Day (4) [August 26]
Swings (4)
Daily and Mystery for 2nd week of August (20)
Sunflowers and teacups (2)
Daily and Mystery for 1st week of August (14)
Relaxation Day (24) [August 15; took one from prior year and added a bunch of others, a few with the word relax on it, others just relaxing scenes, like reading or listening to music)
Currently In Progress:
1.) Art to complete VanGogh collection and work on art award (Separators: overlapping abstract flower shapes) [4 images total]
2.) Art to complete Mary Cassatt collection and work on art award (Separators: ]mosaic waves) [12]
3.) Hispanic Heritage Month (Separators: tile-like patterns) [6]
4.) Halloween to get a head start (Separators: fine wavy lines) [18]
5.) Dailies from this week (Separators: overlapping semicircles) [4]
6.) Pictures of the week for September (Separators: geometric mandalas) [8]
7.) Holiday/seasonal: World Down Syndrome Day, Fourth of July, Autumn, World Dream Day, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Coffee Day, Teachers’ Day, International Internet Day, Halloween/Day of the Dead, Diwali, World Kindness Day, Thanksgiving, Day of Veterinarian Medicine, Hanukkah, Winter Christmas, Kwanzaa, Rubber Duck Day, Venice Carnival, Women in Science Day, Valentine’s, Happy Birthday, St. Patrick’s Day, Spring, World Water Day, Easter, Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day [171] (added a bunch of winter sports here for no good reason, as who knows if I’ll still be doing this when winter comes around again)
8.) All the rest of the separators [56]
On this date in 2008 through 2024: No journal entries
2007: Gotta Love a List
2006: Pink Ribbon Socks
2002 through 2005: No entries
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2 Comments Leave a Comment
September 18th, 2025 at 12:43 pm
Great pattern and colours.
P.S. There should be something in your email I think you’ll like.
September 22nd, 2025 at 2:57 pm
Aw, Billy, thank you. Just finally had time to dive into the mess that is my inbox 😀