The Colour in Our Lives: Yellow

Colour is a form of energy

and plays an important part in our lives.

The colours we surround ourselves with

 can effect our mood and the way we look at things.

How do you feel when you look at yellow?

Yellow is the most luminous of all colours. It fills us with optimism.

It helps us focus and see things in a different light.

It cries out for our attention!

It speaks to us of sunshine

and puts a spring in our step and brings out the cheerfulness in our disposition.

Just what we need after the neutral tones of winter.

When I add blue

it feels to me that the whole world is opening up to me

full of wonderful possibilities.

I feel joyful. 

Do you?

Colour is very powerful

 and it's good to remember this when we choose the colour schemes

in our homes and in the clothes we wear.

I know that when I crochet, I choose the colours that I need to see.

Today, I chose to make some flower coasters

 to bring some sunshine into my home.

Yellow and blue and white

which remind me of buttercups and blue skies and fluffy white clouds!

Or with fresh green like new spring leaves and a touch of orange

for a radiating energy.

So if we choose our colours carefully each morning when we get dressed,

we slip into a robe of happiness which gives us

the vibrational qualities we need for our day.

Surrounding ourselves with colours that make us feel good

can change our whole outlook.

Try it when you're feeling blue!

The lovely flower coaster pattern

is a design from Color 'n Cream

check out this link here

Up the hill with tulips

The art of petals

The marvellous union of pink and green

Mysterious openings

Watercolour tones appear through my lens

A softer focus on my day

A vase of loveliness

and a single bloom against the light.

The turnaround

Rainy Saturday

Trudging up the hill from the shops

The shopping caddie is heavy

 the other two bags are slipping from my grip

The umbrella is wobbling dangerously...

What a life!

I start to laugh at the situation

and this creates a turnaround in my way of seeing things!

With each new step,

I can see things in a completely different light

How lucky I am!

My shoes don't leak

I have the shops within walking distance

I have a shopping caddie with wheels

An umbrella to protect me from the heavy rain

I have a bunch of pink tulips in my bag.

And,

when I was chatting with an old friend over the phone later that day,

she reminded me that I had feet!

I

have

feet.

The Presence of Colour

Surrender

Presence

Flow

Follow the path before you

with simplicity.

As I bring my full attention to colour and form and flow

I enter and connect with these things on a vibrational level.

Have you ever noticed how different colours touch you differently?

These golden tones swirl around me like liquid sunshine

and the soft greens speak to me of new openings

and fresh beginnings

of moving forward in my life

in all that is important.

Life is like an abstract

It seems to me

that life is like an abstract

and we take out the parts that are superfluous

and concentrate on those we really want to see.

We encounter crossroads

and there are choices to be made

There are ups and downs and many learning curves

The sunlight filters in

bathing all in a joyful light

and we stop

to notice the beauty and the simplicity

pulling back a little

to see the bigger picture

and to notice how everything is so intricately connected.

Ever since I was a child,

I've been forever fascinated by the play of light and shadows

on the curtains against my windows.

Light and shade

One cannot exist without the other.

Add a little breeze from the open window

and just be still

to contemplate the ever-changing wonder before you.

Serenity

When city life seems drab

and noisy and grey

I take a bus or a train to contemplate

the beauties that are not far away at all.

although I live in the city

the mountains and the lake call out to me.

It is here that I come to resource myself

and it's best to choose a sunny day.

A little sailing boat glides over the calm water

and in the small port in the lakeside town of Vevey,

I love to stare at the reflections in the water.

Green and blue

the shapes change with the moving surface of the water.

A swan preens its feathers

and looks into the depth of the water

until a mate comes along.

a last look towards this end of  Lake Léman

and as I look at the sparkles on the water

I take home wonderful memories

of a sunny day by the lake

and find once again

my inner serenity. 

The town of Vevey is where I lived when I first came to Switzerland.

It is barely a 15-minute train journey from where I live now

in the city of Lausanne.

A journey into abstracts

Seeing abstracts is like turning off the switch of recognition

as we enter a world of impressions

Curves and straight lines and colour

and depth given by the space in-between.

We stop wanting to interpret

and let ourselves be amazed and touched by the unexpected.

The simplest of shapes and textures

become a lesson in visual harmony.

Shadows and solid objects intermingle and create flow.

Reflections create surreal scenes that tell us stories of the unknown.

For me,

abstracts create a journey scattered with mystery and delight

I love not knowing where they will take me next.

Photo-Heart Connection: January

The countryside is my favourite place to be.

I love the sweet smell, the open air

and being able to see the sky and the fields 

unhindered by city buildings.

Recently, when I was out walking in the country after rain,

I noticed how beautiful the puddles were with their mesmerizing reflections.

The wind was blowing gently and creating ripples on the surface of the water,

breaking up the reflections and creating abstract images.

I felt an immediate connection to these watery images

I could feel Nature's vibrations tingling with aliveness

and waking up every sense in my whole being.

Abstracts!

Who would have thought they could touch me so?

They possess an art form all of their own

and allow me to step into another dimension

like a breath of fresh air!

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