As much as I’d like to be vacationing in Provence this summer life is sending me elsewhere. That didn’t stop me from take a “dream” vacation there. You can read about it in my newest article in the Color Around the World series– France — Lavender: The Color and Scent Read more »
AKA ‘Goofy Grape’
Forget the technical or factory name. Once a color has been dubbed with a moniker by the masses you might as well just go with it. I was reminded of this as I was searching for something today and came upon Smokin Joe’s comment on the forum board at JalopyJournal.com Read more »
Welcome Karen Platt: Gardener Extraordinaire
I have been a big fan of Karen Platt ever since she ignited gardener’s desire for dark plants with her much acclaimed book, Black Magic and Purple Passion. I believe that she was the catalyst that brought about the black plant phenomenon first in the UK then worldwide. You Read more »
Color Quote of the Day: February 15th
“The man who can see all gray, and red, and purples in a peach, will paint the peach rightly round, and rightly altogether. But the man who has only studied its roundness may not see its purples and grays, and if he does not will never get it to look Read more »
