For this week, I wanted a hopeful idea.  I'd have loved to pick "spring" or "bloom" or something along those lines.  But alas, spring has not yet sprung for most of us playing along, no matter how late into April we seem to be.  So, I decided on a play on the word "bloom" - OPEN.  How wonderful it is to be open.  Open eyes, open doors, open books, open soul.  Those who submitted something for this week did an excellent job at capturing this idea and in many different ways.  I am so happy with how everyone is thinking outside of the box each week. You're all doing such wonderful jobs and I'm so proud of you!   Let's take a look:#irisheyesopenYou can click on any image to see additional descriptions if you'd like. If you participated and you don't see your image included, check your hashtags (#irisheyesopen most importantly), or, if you want to be included in the gallery, make sure your profile is public.  You don't HAVE to have a public profile to partake in the challenge, but you do have to have a public profile if you want the image to show up in the gallery. Be sure to check in on the Group Page to find out next week's challenge!

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Irish Eyes Photography's Community Challenge started on January 17th, 2018.  Here are the weekly challenges this far:

• Week 1: Gratitude
• Week 2: Winter
• Week 3: Red
• Week 4: Light
• Week 5: Yum
• Week 6: Safety
• Week 7: Soothe
• Week 8: Eggs
• Week 9: Woman
• Week 10: Green
• Week 11: Transportation
• Week 12: Hands
• Week 13: Open

Have a wonderful week everyone!-Kerry