Project 64: Tan

Linking to Project 64
About seven years ago my husband and I received this rug as a Christmas gift.  We liked it so much we asked where it had been bought so that we could get a second one.  One rug is at my kitchen sink; the other is at my stove.  Tan was  a hard color for me to find till I looked down instead of straight ahead. 

Project 64: Red Orange

Stop by Project 64 and view other contributions to the color red orange.
an abstract of warm colors that I did "back in the day"

Project 64: Orchid

linking to Project 64 for the color orchid
I captured this in Lowe's, one of my favorite places to shop.  The lighting there made it look orchid.  

Project 64: Sky Blue

Brooks Chili Beans
These are the mild, which I use.

my pocket (purse?) calendar

fitting color for bottled water
The beans and the water were shot in our local Walmart

I'm opting as my choice the pocket calendar (purse calendar is more fitting for me because that's where I keep mine).  The lighter blue on the cover seems to match Sky Blue perfectly!

Picked for the Favorite Yellow on Project 64!

I am so pleased that my shot of this beautiful yellow car was picked for favorite yellow on Project 64!

Project 64: Yellow

linking to Project 64  
I've saved this photo since summer.  I fell in  love with this car as soon as I saw it, and  yellow isn't my usual favorite color in a car.  But just look at it!  I'd love to jump in the driver's seat and take it for a drive.  Wouldn't you?
An aside: I worked more than an hour trying to put a blurred effect for the background car.  Photoshop Elements is harder to navigate than I expected.  Oh, well, that's why it's one of my goals for this year. 

Project 64: Brown and A Photo a Day: My Daily Sustenance, Day 26

I bought this coffee because of its chocolate flavor.  Yum!  But I was so jittery the rest of the day that I gave it to my youngest son.  As you can see from the package, it's bold, too bold for me!

To save posting twice, the hammer is my photo for day 26.
When I was newly married, and doctors still made house calls, the doctor called at our home for my husband who was so sick that he couldn't get up from the couch.  He diagnosed hepatitis before Charles even had a blood test.  It turned out that the doctor was correct.  So when he had his own practice, we and my parents became patients of his.  The doctor had a wicked sense of humor that made it comfortable to be in his exam room.  A few years later, my dad decided to make Dr. Coldwater (the doctor's nomme de plume in the newspaper) a joke gift.  Be aware that this was decades before the nail gun was invented.  Here's the hammer that my dad gave to the doctor.  Dad had drilled out the bottom of this hammer and glued the end of a plug so that seemed to be an electric hammer.  Recently, when I was talking to the doctor (who replaced the first doctor when he retired), I reminded him that my dad had given the hammer as a joke.  He asked me if I wanted to have it.  Of course, I did!  So which do I pick for my entry?  I love the brown of the coffee bag the most so that's my entry.  However, I just had to tell the story.  It cheered me up on another grey day.  Maybe it'll do the same for you if your sky looks like ours.
~hugs~

Project 64: Blue Green

I hadn't yet found blue-green for this week's color for Project 64.  However while I was showering I looked at the loofah, and thought, "I think this might be a match."  By the time, I was dressed and getting ready to compare the loofah to the color swatch I'd scribbled on an index card, my granddaughter and Myah had arrived.  So I asked Charley to join me in the bathroom to compare.  She thought it did match, and then she pointed out other items in there.  Since I had to get closer to the box that's on my wall cabinet to photograph it, the height brought attention to my shoes.  Do you know on what I'm standing?  Yes, that's right, the toilet.  tee hee...  BTW, the box didn't match so I didn't include it.  The painting is by a beloved artist of mine- the wife of my son Derek.
Drum roll, please,  Margaret Ann's painting is my entry!  

Project 64: Wild Strawberry

my new tote bag for my Kindle Touch!
The Kindle is a Christmas gift from Candice and Celeste, my oldest son's daughters.  The tote is a "just because" gift from my daughter's oldest daughter.
When Charley left Ivy Tech's bookstore, she slyly shared, "I got a gift for you."  My mind is pondering...pen?  pencil? notepad?  But, previously I had looked at Kindle covers on Amazon.com; prices too high for me right now.  Problem solved...Thank you, Granddaughters!  All three of you are soooo generous!    

Project 64: Green

taken at Tuhey Park

I took this before I started through the intersection, honestly!  

This shot was captured at the local Olive Garden.  I was being treated to lunch by my best friend/daughter-in-law Margaret Ann.

also photographed at Olive Garden

My Norfolk pine was a tiny potted plant when I first  brought her home.  Now I have had to trim her so that there is room to walk past her.

placemat and tea bag

In my home, especially during this season, it was as easy to find green as it was to find red in July.  To me, green and blue are soothing nature colors.  Now to choose my entry...Tuhey Park!

Project 64: Silver

Looking for the color of silver  for Project 64 this week, I searched in the mobile home park in which I abide.  In a two-block area, I found these silver cars.  That's a lot of silver cars in a small environs; I deduce that it must mean that silver must be one of the top favorite colors for autos.  But, since it is so close to Christmas (just 4 days till its Eve), I'm choosing the one ornament, a drum on my tree, that has silver on it.

Project 64: Mahogany

The color, mahogany, for this week at Project 64 is one of my favorite crayons when I am coloring a nature picture.  Not quite brown, not quite orange, it's a lovely mixture of them.

The floor in the illustration matches the mahogany swatch of color.

Do you agree?

Some of the petals in my Jewel Tea pitcher also are that hue we sought this week.  I started collecting this pattern because it raised warm memories of my mom.  From the time that I was a kid going into the first years of my marriage, the Jewel Tea man delivered purchases to my childhood home and then the Charles Ruttan home.  Other businesses that made regular home deliveries were two local dairies (Covalt and Riggin), Omar Bread and Fuller Brush.  The dairy delivered milk and butter as well as other dairy products.  That was a God-send in those days because each of our families owned only one car.  Imagine that happening today!  

I've opted for this shot to be my entry because I really like the texture.

I used the close-up on this shot; I was trying to show the fine weaving of my basket.

Project 64: Black

I had no problems searching for black items for my entry this week.  As you'll notice, all but two of my choices are tools that I use most every day.  Of course, one exception is my photogenic great-granddaughter!  Even when she's not smiling, I can't pass up the opportunity to capture her through my camera lens.  And the other is a Santa matryoshka presented to me by my youngest many Christmases ago.



TV

my laptop

computer chair

matryoshka, stacked doll

stereo remote

for doing crunches
If I didn't use this to do my crunches, I'd be making my chronic neck pain worse.

my dumpling Myah in black pants and shoes
Did you note the word on her shirt? :)

stereo system

Now, which is to be my entry?
I'm opting for the matryoshka's black boots, mittens and trim.

Project 64: Orange

These were taken in the fall with my Canon macro lens.  Even though I like this color, I have few items in my home that are orange.  I hope you'll go to the Project 64 site to view others' contributions of the color orange!

Project 64: Purple Mountains Majesty

clock on a wall in Kennedy Library

Myah and her momma, both wearing THE color

my little dumpling standing still! 

I've experienced so much lately not being able to find the desired color for Project 64 till approaching the last minute of the deadline.  Finally I had some time to download photos from my recent shooting.
My choice for this week is the clock because I think it's whimsical and that suits my mood for today.  Why not take a look at other purple mountains majesty picks at the Project 64 site?
Thanks for stopping by!  

Project 64: Dandelion

My favorite shot is the lily, partly because of the dew.  The other reason I like it the best is because nature's art cannot be bested by me.  But...I think the Glad ForceFlex box matches the color of dandelion that I colored on the white card.  So that's my entry...ta da!  :D
Be sure to look at the other entries at Project 64.