Lenten Discipline: Mingled Seasons on the Porch

Last night after dinner, I decided to do some more creative play.  I had brought some of the plastic Easter eggs from my office, and I started with the pumpkin that's still in decent shape, just a spot of rot on the side:

In artistic terms, I like this one with the rotting pumpkin better.  I see life out of death:

I also used a candle that I got at a candlelight vigils for the teenagers shot at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School on Ash Wednesday:

In terms of cheerful colors, I love this one:

An interesting angle:

And to end, why not bring in the autumnal mums that have mostly died, another life in the midst of death image: