Your dive into the darkness is in the good company. We are all darker these days, making it difficult to write anything positive. I've ditched a few really dark pieces to post today, but still couldn't write a Mary Poppins piece. Your line, "quill dipped in gall" says it all.
Your pink post today lifted by spirits. Thank you. Vermilion is the color of luck with the Chinese. I like its sound, how it rolls off the tongue. Playing with it, I thought of cerrullion, amarillo, cielo .....
I loved this issue Fran. I am not a fan of pink and your pictures delighted me. I may begin my own search for pink in my travels. The feeling of vulnerability is...in many of us.
I recently discovered that the tile in the bathroom of my 1949 house used to be pink because a bit of the white paint now covering it chipped off. Aha! That explains the old gray-with-pink-flecks linoleum on the floor. So, I decided the bathroom should revert to pink by making pink curtains and buying a couple of pink towels and a pink shower curtain and a partly pink runner rug. It's a whole new look and I have to admit to being rather fond of it.
I used to live in a house in Laurelhurst where someone had covered the pink floor tiles in the bathroom with carpet tiles. Can you imagine? The kitchen floor was covered with carpet that had an Astrofurf-like texture. I didn’t get a chance to rip that out before I got divorced and moved to another house where I tore up carpet to reveal hardwood floors.
Love the pink photos! My neighbor in NYC is from Vermillion, SD! She would like to move back there but can't because she would have to drive.
I think I’ve been to Vermillion. We used to live in Sioux Falls. But that would be 60 years and more ago. I suspect things have changed since then.
I have always loved that quilt. All the pinks you found everywhere are wonderful.
So glad you are working through the backlog, Sister. Love you.
Your dive into the darkness is in the good company. We are all darker these days, making it difficult to write anything positive. I've ditched a few really dark pieces to post today, but still couldn't write a Mary Poppins piece. Your line, "quill dipped in gall" says it all.
Your pink post today lifted by spirits. Thank you. Vermilion is the color of luck with the Chinese. I like its sound, how it rolls off the tongue. Playing with it, I thought of cerrullion, amarillo, cielo .....
My daughter confuses vermillion with verdigris. She thought maybe it was green.
LOL! I dare say verdigris is a green-grey ... kind of a taupe. Just to be piqueyune ... whatever.
Verdigris is the color of copper that’s oxidized. I’m writing about it for April 26, 2025.
I loved this issue Fran. I am not a fan of pink and your pictures delighted me. I may begin my own search for pink in my travels. The feeling of vulnerability is...in many of us.
I recently discovered that the tile in the bathroom of my 1949 house used to be pink because a bit of the white paint now covering it chipped off. Aha! That explains the old gray-with-pink-flecks linoleum on the floor. So, I decided the bathroom should revert to pink by making pink curtains and buying a couple of pink towels and a pink shower curtain and a partly pink runner rug. It's a whole new look and I have to admit to being rather fond of it.
I used to live in a house in Laurelhurst where someone had covered the pink floor tiles in the bathroom with carpet tiles. Can you imagine? The kitchen floor was covered with carpet that had an Astrofurf-like texture. I didn’t get a chance to rip that out before I got divorced and moved to another house where I tore up carpet to reveal hardwood floors.
I love that poem.