can BROWN be cheerful?

I think this is one of my favorite color collages... I love the mellow tones... the chocolate ... nature ... the leaf. I do believe that Brown can be cheerful.1. little brown leaf, 2. chocolate mousse cake, 3. High above, 4. Colors slowly fading away, 5. Whipped , 6. Blonde, 7. Somayeh / Mr. Taleghani's House, 8. 1030 calories..., 9. Summer to Fall, 10. The Carob tree , 11. Door to the secret garden...., 12. Peanut Butter & Chocolate, 13. golden days!!!

Love this Song "Shine On"

1. My light is but a little one,

My light of faith and prayer;

But lo! it glows like God’s great sun,

For it was lighted there.

2. I may not hide my little light;

The Lord has told me so.

’Tis given me to keep in sight,

That all may see it glow.

Chorus

Shine on, shine on, shine on bright and clear;

Shine on, shine on now the day is here.

Words and music: Joseph Ballantyne, 1868–1944

what about GREEN?

1. Working in a sea of green, 2. Running ahead of oneself, 3. Lime, 4. Pannonian sea, 5. Chartreuse Mum, 6. Adobe Eden, 7. Walking the Dog in the Evening..., 8. The desert?, 9. Tropical desert, 10. Behind the Green Door..., 11. oO, 12. Untitled, 13. The heart of nature...

quote by hollowbones

calm, cool AQUA and CREAM

1. In Spires, 2. blue window, 3. my finished house shadowbox!, 4. Crescendo, 5. Up Or Down, 6. Where the sidewalk ends..., 7. White Doves In Flight, 8. White Dove of the Desert, 9. Caroline's Cake, 10. Niagara Falls, 11. La Vie en rose, 12. Our Christmas tree this year!, 13. Reminder Of A Honeymoon

These colors reminded me of the Hymn: "Be Still, My Soul" (a favorite of mine)

1. Be still, my soul: The Lord is on thy side;
With patience bear thy cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: Thy best, thy heav'nly Friend
Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

2. Be still, my soul: Thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as he has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: The waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.

3. Be still, my soul: The hour is hast'ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: When change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Text: Katharina von Schlegel, b. 1697;
trans. by Jane Borthwick, 1813-1897

I see RED

Yesterday the high was in the low 80s. Today the high is in the low 50s. Brrrrr... It is super windy, rainy, and chilly. I'm not ready for winter - NOT READY!

I did see a rainbow on the way home from the bus stop. That's something to brighten a cold morning.

Today we'll focus on RED since we may still have a week or two of autumn. Our maple tree out front is bright red and I love it!

1. Apple's heart 16.314view,thanks!, 2. Walk With Me...., 3. Boarded up, 4. Built for one, 5. Red Bridge, Magnolia Gardens, Charleston, South Carolina, 6. I went home to get my camera for this, 7. New shoes, 8. red raspberries, 9. Happy Eid ,,,, :"), 10. Staircase at the Lighthouse II, 11. Little Red Lighthouse, 12. hello, autumn, 13. Berry Bright Bokeh

A quote from 'Happily Grateful' book:

Gratitude before me and behind me.

Gratitude to the left of me and the right of me.

Gratitude above and below me.

Gratitude within and all around me.

Angeles Arrien

Enjoying Orange

1. Orange is the happiest color, 2. Romantic Autumn, 3. Hey now, you're an allstar, 4. Sun on the west, 5. Orange mood, 6. Pine Canyon Poppies, 7. Orange as any orange on a tree, 8. It's October, 9. A Beautiful Blizzard

Every time I remember this song, I think of my dear friend Cara who sang it at Jr. Miss back in good ol' Idaho. Now I just need to practice belting this out when I see an orange colored sky??!!

I was walking along minding my business, when out of an orange colored sky
Flash, bam, alakazam, wonderful you came by, I was humming a tune,
Drinking in sunshine, when out of that orange colored view
Wham, bam, alakazam, I got a look at you
One look and I yelled timber, watch out for flying glass
cause the ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out, I went into a spin
And I started to shout, Ive been hit, this is it, this is it
I was walking along minding my business, when love came and hit me in the eye
Flash, bam, alakazam, out of an orange colored sky.

Natalie Cole

Thinkin' Yellow

because ... I need a little yellow in my week.1. Sunflowers for the friends, 2. Yellow Converse, 3. A wonderful day as bright as a day has ever been, 4. Stairs in Sheraton Miramar Resort El Gouna, Egypt, 5. happy yellow sunshine bowl, 6. Rose Rose I love You, 7. Orange and Yellow on Blue, 8. bananas, 9. Bouganvilla cornered

I heard the song "I can see clearly now" on the radio yesterday on the way to the doc. It cheered me and brought back lots of funny Swing Choir memories.

Sing with me now:

"It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day"

Feelin' blue?

We had an awesome thunderstorm roll through today. We had some pouring rain, lightning, and thunder. This may not seem significant for the easterners except for that this is Utah and we don't get much rain 'round here.

Yesterday I smelled AUTUMN in the air so perhaps we're in for cooler temps and more rain. Yay!

But for today - a rainy thundery day seemed to fit this Monday.1. Both hands, 2. Blue power!, 3. Butterfly in Blue, 4. Another view of Santorini, 5. Cookie Monster, 6. blue [leaf], 7. Amazing Blue Flower, 8. Beneath The Blue Sky II, 9. Water is Life

Fragmentary Blue by Robert Frost

Why make so much of fragmentary blue
In here and there a bird, or butterfly,
Or flower, or wearing-stone, or open eye,
When heaven presents in sheets the solid hue?

Since earth is earth, perhaps, not heaven (as yet)--
Though some savants make earth include the sky;
And blue so far above us comes so high,
It only gives our wish for blue a whet.

(Ok - so I'm not the best poem analyst. Not quite sure of all the imagery here, but thought it interesting to write an entire poem about blue)

How 'bout a pink day?

1. Super Hearts Party, 2. Pink Sky, 3. Medicine of my smile, 4. pinkbicycle, 5. Pink Tutus, 6. For those who love tulips, 7. Pink Window, 8. Pink Sunset, 9. ohh, chuck....

And Joy is Everywhere;
It is in the Earth's green covering of grass;
In the blue serenity of the Sky;
In the reckless exuberance of Spring;
In the severe abstinence of gray Winter;
In the Living flesh that animates our bodily frame;
In the perfect poise of the Human figure, noble and upright;
In Living;
In the exercise of all our powers;
In the acquisition of Knowledge;
in fighting evils...
Joy is there Everywhere.

"Joy," by Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet