Cue The Bourne Identity theme song. Or any other music that intimidates covert ops, high-speed chases, and MacGuyver-like intelligence on steroids.

I stole Popinjay from Michelle Pendergrass.

For those of you unfamiliar with the weekly Popinjay Photo Challenge, here’s the explanation Michelle gives:

pop⋅in⋅jay–noun–a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter.

In other words, blogging.

Isn’t that what this personal blogging is all about? Me. Me. Me. For this photo challenge, that’s perfect. We’re going to dig inside of ourselves and do some concept photography.

I’m going to give you a word and you’re going to take a photo of something that describes the concept of the word.

Michelle gives one rule:

You may not use pictures of your children and/or pets.

Seeing as how Popinjay is mine (all mine! mwuhahaha) for the next two weeks, by all means, use any pictures of your children and/or pets you’d like. Rules, schmules.

Today’s word: joyful.

joy·ful
[joi-fuhl]
–adjective
1.
full of joy, as a person or one’s heart; glad; delighted.
2. showing or expressing joy, as looks, actions, or speech.
3. causing or bringing joy, as an event, a sight, or news; delightful: the joyful announcement of their marriage.

Sample from the Heather Goodman “Glimpses of the Resurrection” collection:

Ah, my beloved beach. Of course, I’m not picky about beaches (exception: Galvestion, TX–for those of you who have been there, you know what I mean). But Ocean City is the beach of my girlhood. It conjures contrasts of the warmth of the sun on your skin and the cold Atlantic numbing your bones, the salt of the sea air filling your sinuses and the sweetness of Italian water ice on your tongue, the laughter of the crowds and the white silence of the crashing waves.

Ocean City reminds me that God created the earth, that he called it good, and that he will redeem it.

Your turn. Let’s see your images of joyful. Please remember to leave a comment when you put up your link to make sure I don’t miss you.