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Color Your World: 120 Days of Color; Plum

A Plum Tree

A Plum Tree

 

Last week on Friday, for the IPhone Priday Photo Challenge, I posted a picture of my Plum tree. Some people do not have a Plum tree, but they would like one! I found this Plum Tree in New Orleans! Or maybe it is a Plum Flower?  In New Orleans they like to make everything special, don’t you think?

Plum, is an oldie in the Crayola Collection. It was introduced in 1958.

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge!

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Orchid

Garden on Savannah Garden Tour

Garden on Savannah Garden Tour

Meduim Violet Red was changed to the color Orchid by Crayola in the 1958 series. I like the name and sound of, Orchid, better than the original color name. Orchid just sounds so dainty!

My photo for Orchid was taken in a garden in Savannah, Georgia. I was there for a visit and as my luck goes the garden club was offering a garden tour of some of their fantastic homes and gardens. It ended with a tea, presented in one of the gardens. Talk about southern charm!  If you would like to learn more about the garden and walking tours held in Savannah at the end of March look Here! Trust me these are events worth seeing!

It is hard to believe I have posted on 60 of the designated colors of the 120 color pack of Crayola crayons! I have had so much fun with this challenge and there are 60 more colors to go! I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have! I have learned some very interesting facts about Crayola too!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

 

Color Your World: 120 Days of Color; Melon

Bloomington Bloomsbury

Bloomington Bloomsbury

The color Melon has been in the Crayola lineup since 1958.  It is also known as Sweet Georgia Peach and represents Georgia in the “State Color Collection.”

Isn’t it a cheerful color? I think it says a lot about the owner. They are upbeat, lively, and not afraid of what the world thinks.

My photo was taken in Bloomington, Indiana, home of Indiana University. This is a small neighborhood of pastel, craftsman type houses that is a joy to walk in, due to their quirky colors, artistically decorated yards, and large flower and/or vegetable gardens. In my mind the Bloomington neighborhood would have fit right in with the Bloomsbury Group, a gifted group of men and women, who set out to change the world with their contemporary thinking and love of art. For more on the Bloomsburys’ see my previous post HERE. Just another day in a beautiful neighborhood!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Mango Tango

The Mango Tango Colored House

The Mango Tango Colored House

The color Mango Tango has been in the Crayola lineup since 2003. The Tango is a dramatic, romantic, partner dance that every woman I know would love to dance to. With the right man of course! The Tango dance is so lively, sexy, and over the top. The word tango is related to the African slave word “Tango” (a drum or dance place)

So for my photo for this week’s challenge we are back in New Orleans. Mango Tango in its glory! I am sure the couple that lives here would dance to the Tango!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola: Jungle Green, Laser Lemon and Lavender!

Cottage in New Orleans Surrounded With COLOR

Cottage in New Orleans Surrounded With COLOR

Oh boy! I got a threefer in this photo taken in New Orleans! I loved the tiny cottages, the first of many squeezed into the landscape, and refusing to give up!! There is so much going on in this photo; the planters, the garden, the head on a stick, the flag, the bench, the lavender trash bin, the birdhouse and a big fat crow!  Do you see the orange painted cement blocks in the street at the front? That is to mark the owners parking spot! The color for today is Jungle Green, but the photo also had tomorrow’s color, Laser Lemon and then I saw it had a Lavender too, Saturday’s color! I’ll call it my Jungle Laser Lavender Photo! New Orleans is all about Color! If you haven’t been to this beautiful city, it is like nowhere else! So much history, so much fun, so much music, so much food and so much COLOR!

Jungle Green has been included in Crayola assortment since 1990. It is known as Land of the Free in the “State Crayon Collection.”

Laser Lemon is a fluorescent color originally known as Chartreuse from 1972 to 1990. It is also known as Chevaulin Chartreuse, found only in the special “Scarlet Pimpernel” set.

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

 

 

Color Your World:120 Days of Crayola; Jazzberry Jam

 

Jammin' With Some Jazzberries

Jammin’ With Some Jazzberries

Here is a Jazzberry Jammin’ don’t you think? I took this photo in New Orleans. There was always music blasting away from this place, day and night, so you couldn’t miss it! Since the windows were all painted over and the most prominent Jazzberry on the window doesn’t appear to have a covered derriere, I didn’t go in! It might have been too much for my delicate eyes, but the music sounded great!

I think the Crayola color was meant to be lively! Jazzberry Jam was added to the Crayola lineup in 2003. In the “State Crayon Collection,” it is known as Newport Jazzberry Festival, the color for Rhode Island.

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Hot Magenta

Now This is COLOR!

Now This is COLOR!

Hot Magenta is a fluorescent color of Crayola that was renamed Razzle Dazzle Rose in 1990. In Europe it is known in the Crayola line as Magic Magenta. If you want to see fluorescent colors everywhere look no farther than New Orleans, LA! Bright, Brilliant Color is EVERYWHERE! These plants were alongside a house that was painted yellow and purple!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Banana Mania

 

Birthday Celebration!

Birthday Celebration!

 

Crayola Banana Mania

Crayola Banana Mania

Banana Mania was introduced to the Crayola collection in 1998.

Did you know that Crayola at one time offered Magic Scents Crayons?

In 1994, Crayola produced a 16-pack of crayons that released fragrances when used. By 1995, Crayola had to change some of the scents because of complaints from parents that some of the crayons smelled good enough to eat; like the Cherry, Chocolate, and Blueberry scented crayons. Eventually, crayons with food scents were retired in favor of non-food scents!

This photo was taken at my birthday week celebration at the Inn at Little Washington. It’s my birthday week! Not day, but week! The older one gets, the more one celebrates! Fabulous!

This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Enjoy!

One Word Photo Challenge: Lemon Two

For elegance and romance, celebrate at the Inn at Little Washington! FABULOUS!

My Birthday Celebration at the Inn at Little Washington LEMON ALL AROUND

My Birthday Celebration at the Inn at Little Washington LEMON ALL AROUND

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