So much coloring since my last Happy Color update. Watching baseball off the DVR continues to give me ample time to tap away with my stylus filling in pictures on the app.

Here’s a recent favorite pair, one from dailies, one pulled from my summer group 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):

Ladies and butterflies (2) [one went nicely with one of the pictures of the week and would have been used to pair up with that if it had made picture of the month]

Pictures of the week and month for June (10)

Dailies and mysteries (16)

Chocolate Day (2) [July 7]

Kissing Day (2) [July 6]

4th of July (12)

Cowgirls (4) [vague 4th of July themes in two of them]

Bonus mysteries (20)

Dailies & mysteries (14)

Canada Day (8) [July 1]

Dailies and mysteries (6)

Pride month (6) [June]

Bonus mysteries (8)

Global Beatles Day (2) [June 25]

Dailies and mysteries (20)

Bonus mandalas (6)

Yoga Day (10) [June 21]

Summer Solstice (2)

Selfie Day (10) [June 21]

Bonus mandalas (8)

Juneteenth (2)

International Picnic Day (6)

Summer: roller skating (4)

Summer: Wedding (10)

International Day of the African Child (2) [June 16]

Dailies/mysteries (18)

Nature Photography Day (2) [June 15]

Father’s Day (2) [June 15]

Summer sports: biking, golf, baseball, tennis (10)

Summer: bicycles, with and without ladies and dogs and flowers (12) [decided to not save all summer pictures to complete in one big group, so started with these]

Flag Day (2) [Jun 14; really conflicted about this as not feeling patriotic about this country]

Overlapping floral-esque patterns that were separators for a long while (2)

Mandalas from bonuses (20)

Currently In Progress:

1.) Dailies and mysteries from the past week, most waiting to be paired after the picture of the week is announced. (Separators: patterns that remind me somewhat of the cathedral windows) [10 images total]

2.) Summer: roller skating [16], flamingos [58], summer sports mandalas [2], swimming & floating [12], cars in summery locales [4], boating [6], women looking summery [12], summer fashion [10], summer flowers and scatter designs [4], dandelions [8], sun hat still lifes [2], outdoor relaxation spots such as hammocks and patios [32], beach scenes [16], sea shells including mandalas [8], more beach scenes [16], sunglasses [2], more summer fashion [24], sunflowers [6], more women looking summery [6], people enjoying the grass [10], pets in summer [2], camping & BBQ [10], road trip [4], summer places with water/beach [8], surfboards [13], women doing summer stuff [3], drinks [40], fruits [50], ice cream and other sweet treats [48]. (Separators: paisley and triangle stripe patterns) [436]

3.) Pictures of the week for July so far. (Separators: overlapping circles) [6]

4.) Holidays that need to be incorporated in bigger group: lantern festival, 4th of July bonus that I got late. (Separators: rainbow squiggles, diamond repeats, triangles/diamonds, geometric mandalas) [12]

5.) Holiday/seasonal: 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, Indian Independence Day, Relaxation Day, Take Your Cat to the Vet Day, World Dream Day, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Teachers’ Day, International Internet Day, Halloween, Diwali, World Kindness Day, Autumn, Thanksgiving, Winter, Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa. (Separators; mosaic waves, overlapping half circles, rainbow tiles, op art swirls) [143]

6.) Spring that need to get incorporated into holidays. [2]

7.) All the rest of the separators [70]

Yes, summer grew and grew between the previous update and now. ‘Tis the season. I’m a little annoyed that I found so many more roller skating pictures after I finished the small group of them already. Now I’m waffling on whether I want to split off more small summer groups, though I am trying to not add so many more to that big group. I also really like some of the transitions I’ve got in the big group, like the one from flamingos through to swimming & floating (done through flamingo shaped pool toys).

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