Embracing Color

Unapologetic Orange by mortira featuring metal bangles It’s interesting that fall is the time that we think of orange. Many of our favorite fall things are orange, like falling leaves, and pumpkins. Fall is also a time for change, dressing up, and showing your wild side. There couldn’t b...

Do you stop to smell the roses, or photograph the chairs? How often do we get to appreciate how truly vibrant and interesting our surroundings are? Sometimes, things become more special because we choose to see them that way. Although lime green chairs row by row is pretty wonderful, it took a photo...

We don’t often get to see bright, vibrant yellows out in the real world. It isn’t exactly a common color choice for buildings or fences. Just the occasional sports car. So it’s fairly exciting to encounter something as bold as this yellow tunnel in Stockholm. What’s the most ...

Considering how important pollinating insects are to our world, it’s sad that we don’t often get to catch a glimpse of more than one butterfly at a time. If you live in a city, a butterfly like this one is a rare treat. Do butterfly sightings make your day? Image Source Copyright 2011 Em...

  Unforgettable Red by Mortira featuring red drop earrings   If Nigella Lawson is remembered for all time by just one recipe, it will probably be Slut Red Raspberries in Chardonnay Jelly. The dessert is rumored to be even more surprising (in a delicious way) than the name. That adjective i...

Why are artificially flavored raspberry treats always blue? Real raspberries aren’t blue, though they are almost a deep shape of magenta, which is really just blue-ish red. Is it really so difficult to fake that color? Perhaps cherry has dominated the red fake fruit role for so long that there...