Color

I love colors. While I admire the elegantly monochromatic, a really saturated color is what gives me a visceral thrill. I think of this because Twinerik is such an affirmative, appreciative audience for the colorful outfits I put together. Yellows; vibrant pinks; melon, apricot, peach, and all the other fruity shades; turquoise; lavender blues, lime green, jade green, forest green, acqua - they are all so juicy that they make my mouth water. At my dentist's office, the staff make a point of coming in when I have my teeth cleaned (four times a year - anything I can do to avoid less pleasant dental work!) to see what colors I am wearing that day.

I like vibrant colors in the garden, too, although my favorite two roses are pastel pinks - Eden and Heritage. I am not exaggerating when I say looking at a full-blown Heritage bloom against a blue sky is a religious experience to me. There is something so mysterious, so mystical about such beauty existing in the world - in my backyard! But I digress, as usual. This summer I have magenta petunias and geraniums next to orange and yellow marigolds, and I am really enjoying the battle of the colors I also bought a vibrating deep pink rose which blooms and blooms and is such a luscious deep-stained pink, luminous in the sunlight. I bought a lime-green leaved heuchera which is fantastic - a true chartreuse, as a matter of fact, and a bright coral double flowered impatiens. Going into the garden always givs me something to gasp in pleasure about.

Someday when I am more organized, I am going to rearrange and replant the beds for more color, both in flower and foliage. It makes my mouth water in anticipation just to think of it.