Category Archives: Color

Weekly Photo Challenge: AFLOAT

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Touch2Touch

For most of our married life, we lived on Long Island, surrounded by water — even if I wasn’t much for swimming in it, or boating on top of it, or anything. But for the past 15 years we’ve lived inland. … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: EPHEMERAL

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Touch2Touch

Robert Frost, quintessential New Englander and poet of his region, taught here for a number of years at Amherst College. He made what to me is the definitive statement about ephemeral in his wonderful short poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”: Nature’s first … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: ORANGE

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Touch2Touch

Who doesn’t love orange? I certainly do! It gives me joy, sparks my enthusiasm, makes me happy. What’s not to love? Surely one of the reasons for the worldwide popularity of Hallowe’en is — PUMPKINS! Which are orange-est of the oranges. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: YELLOW

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Touch2Touch

What’s yellow? Mexico is yellow! So many things that were beautiful, eye-catching, interesting, different about San Miguel de Allende, a colonial city in central Mexico, happened to be yellow. Here are some. Our casita on Calle 28 de abril was always cheerful … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: ANGULAR

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Touch2Touch

This corridor in the Yale University Art Gallery is nothing BUT angles: while this tray of Indonesian skewers looks delicious — if you can get to it. It’s a little off-putting, with all those bristling angles:

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Weekly Photo Challenge: WORK OF ART

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Touch2Touch

So which is the work of art? The painting or the flowers? Both of them, of course!

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Happy Christmas to All!

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Touch2Touch

It seems paradoxical that the quintessential Christmas plant comes to North America from the tropics. Yes, the poinsettia’s heat and vivid color originate in Mexico. The cheerful flowers so delighted Joel Roberts Poinsett, first United States Minister to Mexico, that he … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: LIGHT

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Touch2Touch

Light is the source of many things. For instance, light, especially red light, can signal excitement, adventure, danger: But light, especially soft yellow light, can also mean serenity. Isn’t this as inviting a nook as you can imagine? Take a … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: LAYERS (2)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Touch2Touch

A sandwich is definitely made up of layers, yes? So now for something completely different: a blue sky sandwich!

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Weekly Photo Challenge: HABIT

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Touch2Touch

Nothing unexpected, unusual, or dramatic. This week’s photo challenge asks for the ordinary, the quotiedien, the habitual. This is the earliest “habitual” for me, it’s what I see these days when I open my eyes first thing in the morning: … Continue reading →

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