There is an endless quality to summer, especially those hot days in August.  Endless sunshine, endless heat, endless time…well, not that.  Time still seems to run too fast and I already see the end of that rare unstructured time.

But I have some other images of endless…this one from our local beach where I detoured on my way home yesterday after being stuck in what seemed like endless traffic.  I love the sun going down behind the lifeguard and his vehicle, with silhouettes of the beachgoers in the background.  This seems like a classic image of endless summer.

And there is the endless mirror-like smoothness of the water that when the light is just right, reflects both color and figures like in this photo of the cliffs reflected along the shore along with the sandpiper.

Who can resist the endless sweet and saltiness of Garrett’s popcorn?  After trying it while I was in downtown Chicago, I had to seek it out at the O’Hare airport and get “one for the road.” Endless yummy!

There is this quirky little park not far from where I live that once belonged to an old time movie star named Leo Carillo.  The park features some historic structures, wide open spaces…and peacocks!  Peacocks are endlessly fascinating to me…tall and graceful…and loud!  There are tons of them there, all descendants of the peacocks that Leo Carillo loved and nurtured.

I was so surprised when I noticed the peacock in the trees.  And as much as I wanted the amazing photo of the peacock in the tree, I love the way this photo captures the range of colors I saw–including the colorful plumage of the peacock.

Bees are in endless motion, seemingly never at rest.  I found these guys doing their pollination work on a colorful bird of paradise.

And of course, there is the endless curiosity of cats.  Phil and Jack, even in their golden years, never let anything new go unexplored.  Here they are camped out on the new printer that arrived to replace the one than gave up the ghost last week (right when we needed it most, of course).  This new one even prints from my phone!  Endless innovation!

So what seems endless in your life right now?  Endless outdoor play?  Endless picnics and fresh squeezed lemonade?  Endless preparation for the new school year?

You can post your photo alone or along with some words: commentary, a story, a poem…maybe even a song! I love to study the photographs that others’ take and think about how I can use a technique, an angle, or their inspiration to try something new in my own photography. (I love a great mentor text…or mentor photo, in this case!) I share my photography and writing on social media. You can find me on Instagram and Twitter using @kd0602. If you share your photos and writing on social media too, please let me know so I can follow and see what you are doing. To help our Weekly Photo community find each other, use the hashtag #endless for this week and include @nwpianthology in your post.

The dog days of summer are upon us…look around for evidence of endless. Endless might be literal or figurative…or maybe a wish for more illusions of endless.  Take some shots and share them!  I’m looking forward to seeing endless through your lens!