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Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Brick Red

English Red Brick

English Red Brick

 

The Rooster in the Red Brick

The Rooster in the Red Brick

 

Brick Red or Red Brick?

Brick Red or Red Brick?

 

New English Brick

New English Brick

 

Brick Red Crayola

Brick Red Crayola

The Crayola color is Brick Red. Compared to the red bricks of the UK it’s a tad too red! I say always go to the source! I learned at Hampton Court Palace how to tell who laid the bricks. The Flemish bricklayers laid bricks of various shades and lengths all mixed together. The English bricklayers laid one row of short bricks then one row of long bricks. It’s good to know your bricks and bricklayers!

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

IPhriday Photo Challenge: My Goat Fritz

My Goat Fritz

My Goat Fritz

 

Fritz Painted in Waterlogue


Fritz Painted in Waterlogue

Fritz is trying to get in the Woodland Garden again. He is trying to sneak in under the Cameillas! Like I wouldn’t notice! I made a notecard of him in the Waterlogue App! Since I don’t paint, this is the best I can do, and it is so easy! I LOVE IT!

Enjoy the IPhriday Photo Challenge! Post a photo taken with your Phone on Fridays!

Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Blue Green

 

Snazzy Car in the Cotswolds, UK

Snazzy Car in the Cotswolds, UK

It’s the snazziest iridescent Blue Green car in the Cotswolds! What more do I need to say? Ok, the word snazzy was first used in 1932.

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; Blue Bell

Blue Bell Ice Cream

Blue Bell Ice Cream

 

Texas Bluebells in the Hill Country of Texas

Texas Bluebells in the Hill Country of Texas

Blue Bell Crayola Color

Blue Bell Crayola Color

Blue Bell is a recent addition to the line of Crayola colors, only being added in 1998.

I want to think it was named after Blue Bell Ice Cream.

If you have lived in the South, you know there is only one ice cream for southerners, Blue Bell.

The Brenham Creamery Company was founded around the time of the Crayola startup, 1907, in Brenham, Texas. It opened originally to purchase excess cream from local dairy farmers and sell butter to the good folks of Brenham. In 1911, the creamery began to produce small quantities of ice cream. In 1930, Brenham Creamery Company was renamed Blue Bell Creameries after the Texas Bluebell, a wildflower native to Texas, and which like ice cream, thrives during the summer. They claimed, “the milk we use is so fresh it was only grass yesterday.”  As of 2015 Blue Bell is the fourth highest selling ice cream brand in the US. I could eat Bluebell Ice Cream for 120 days! To see some of the top flavors of Blue Bell Ice Cream look here!

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: Black and Blue

The Crucifixion of Christ, on a Vineyard Hill in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy

The Crucifixion of Christ, on a Vineyard Hill in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy

 

The Crucifixion of Christ, on a Vineyard Hill in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy

The Crucifixion of Christ, on a Vineyard Hill in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy

Today, I thought I would combine the Crayola colors Black and Blue.  They are often combined aren’t they?

Blue has made the rounds in the Crayola collection. From 1903-1958 it was known as Blue. The same color was called Celestial Blue from 1935-1949 and from 1949-1958 it was called Azure Blue! I would like to have the job of naming colors at Crayola. I would say it is a steady job, wouldn’t you?

My black and blue photos are of the Crucufixion scene that is on the vineyard hillside in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy. It was stunning especially at night. We were there in June and July. They must leave it up year round since the terrible floods that nearly washed away their village in 2011. The Black and the Blue. Here is a personal account of what happened that day.  Today, Vernazza is as beautiful as ever! The five villages of Cinque Terre are unforgettable!

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; Bittersweet

Manarola, Cinque Terre, Ital

Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy

 

Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre, Italy

Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre, Italy

 

Corpus Domini Festival, Orvieto, Italy

Corpus Domini Festival, Orvieto, Italy

 

Bittersweet Vine

Bittersweet Vine

 

Bittersweet

Bittersweet

The Bittersweet color was added to the Crayola line-up in 1958. I was surprised to learn that the name was not used in the English language as a color until 1892.

We used to scour the hedgerows in the fall looking for bittersweet to make a lovely fall wreath. It brings back wonderful memories of Autumn in the Midwest! I love this color!

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; Beaver

The Cottage in St James Park, London

The Cottage in St James Park, London

 

A Photo of the Photo of Windsor Castle

A Photo of the Photo of Windsor Castle

 

Crayola Beaver

Crayola Beaver

Beaver was introduced into the Crayola color line in 1998.

It is the color of the fur of a beaver. The first recorded use of beaver as a color name in English was in 1705.

To me, Beaver, represents multiple shades of brown! I waited FOREVER patiently to get a shot of that stork on the cottage!  I also loved the many brown shades in the photo of the photo of Windsor Castle!

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!

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Color Your World:120 Days of Crayola; Atomic Tangerine

The Canals of Venice, Italy

The Canals of Venice, Italy

 

The Canals of Venice, Italy

The Canals of Venice, Italy

 

The Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy

The Doge’s Palace, Venice, Italy

 

Buildings Along the Main Canal, Venice, Italy

Buildings Along the Main Canal, Venice, Italy

 

The BEST PIZZA EVER!

The BEST PIZZA EVER!

 

Crayola Atomic Tangerine

Crayola Atomic Tangerine

Ultra Yellow was added to the Crayola colors in 1972. It was one of eight crayons in the new fluorescent color line. In 1990 all the fluorescent colors were re-named and Ultra Yellow became Atomic Tangerine.

Atomic Tangerine is supposed to be a fluorescent color, but there is no way to show fluorescence on a flat computer screen.

I think Venice, Italy is the most romantic city in the world.! If you want to be surrounded by beautiful color at every turn, Venice, Italy is the place for you! I fell in love with the atomic tangerine color found on every building, niche, and cranny! It can even be seen in their popular PIZZA! To see other posts about visiting Venice, just click HERE.

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

I Phriday Photo Challenge; The Scaly Bark Birch Tree

 

Scaly Bark Birch Tree

Scaly Bark Birch Tree

 

 

Painted in Waterlogue

Painted in Waterlogue

 

Painted in Brushstroke

Painted in Brushstroke

Out and about this week I took a photo of the Scaly Bark Birch Tree or the Betula Nigra River Birch. It is my favorite tree! It’s not too scaly in winter, but I will update it as the weather warms up! It peels like paper and looks so cool! Look HERE to see other trees that have lovely bark to enhance your garden! I used the IPhone Apps, Waterlogue and Brushstroke, to add the other two images! They would make lovely notecards, don’t you think? Enjoy the IPhriday Photo Challenge! Post a photo taken with your Phone on Fridays!

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