Thursday, May 08, 2008
Message of the Day – Yellow
You know my color blind eyes like yellow. I see it with the intensity that normal folks probably see all colors.
Imagine my amazement when I say this yellow violet underneath the big red oak tree in our back yard.
Then, I found two more blossoms near some daffodils next to the helicopter pad (the brick patio where the yellow pansy appeared).
I remembered that I bought a yellow violet plant from a Meridian Street neighbor a couple of years ago, but I can't remember where I planted it.
Wherever that was, it must have spread much like the other violets in our yard have.
Every time I get a pitch to kill all the broad leaf plants in our year, I think of the violets that would disappear.
We have
purple ones,
white ones,
purple and white ones and, now,
yellow ones.Labels: Flowers, Meridian Street, Message of the Day, Violets, Yellow
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Message of the Day – Yellow
My color blind eyes see yellow with pretty good intensity.
So, when my son and I walked by this forsythia bush in a yard facing the flooded Fox River, you know I pointed the camera in its direction.
We have a bank of forsythia on Lake Avenue in Lakewood, but those bushes have not bloomed yet.
For a better view, click on the photo.
So, when my son and I walked by this forsythia bush in a yard facing the flooded Fox River, you know I pointed the camera in its direction.We have a bank of forsythia on Lake Avenue in Lakewood, but those bushes have not bloomed yet.
For a better view, click on the photo.
Labels: Algonquin, Flower, Forsythia, Fox River, Message of the Day, Yellow
Friday, March 21, 2008
Message of the Day – A Flower
It looks like I won my own contest.
Last fall, I raked the entire public right-of-way on Lake Avenue next to our property, but “other people's leaves” covered it again.
Alert person that I am, I figured that I better get the leaves up before the bulbs started popping.
Midweek, I got rid of them between the steps to the only “hill” in Country Club Additions and the mailbox.
But, there are bulbs all along the road.
So I started raking again.
Now I have filled up every container I have and Lakewood doesn't do pick up from non-bags probably for a month.
Look what I found under the leaves.
It's a crocus. And, it's yellow, so I can see it well.
Anyone else have any flowers?
Last fall, I raked the entire public right-of-way on Lake Avenue next to our property, but “other people's leaves” covered it again.Alert person that I am, I figured that I better get the leaves up before the bulbs started popping.
Midweek, I got rid of them between the steps to the only “hill” in Country Club Additions and the mailbox.
But, there are bulbs all along the road.
So I started raking again.
Now I have filled up every container I have and Lakewood doesn't do pick up from non-bags probably for a month.
Look what I found under the leaves.
It's a crocus. And, it's yellow, so I can see it well.
Anyone else have any flowers?
Labels: Crocus, First Day of Spring, Message of the Day, Yellow
Friday, March 14, 2008
Message of the Day – Melting Snowball
There was a BIG snowball under this evergreen tree. It could have been used to be the base of a snowman.
My son and a neighborhood friend rolled it down the little hill we live on.
It has sat there for about a month.
This morning it was almost gone.
This part of our yard along Lake Avenue gets more sun than any other part.
It's where my yellow flowers my color blind eyes can appreciate come up in the spring.
If I get the leaves up in time.
As usual, you can enlarge any of the photographs by clicking on them.And, send me a picture of your yard's your first flower and I'll post it as a "Message of the Day."
Labels: Snow, Snowball, Snowman, Yellow
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Message of the Day – Leaves
This picture was taken Friday, November 16th, after I took my 10-year old to school.It was the day the maple leaves were falling in and, as you can see from these pictures, on Crystal Lake.
The most beautiful I could find were on and in front of Dr. Don Brandeau’s lakefront home at Gate 3 in Lakewood.
I took the top one from the edge of his yard, right by Crystal Lake.
There was a swath of yellow on the lake, as you can see below.
I took so many photographs, it is difficult to select which other one to post.You may remember that despite my red-green colorblindness, I can see yellow.
It is so vivid!
The photos can be enlarged by clicking on them.
Labels: Crystal Lake, Don Brandeau, Gate 3, Lakewood, Leaves, Maple, Yellow
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Human Flower Project Blog Picks Up on This Color Blinded Guy’s Enjoyment of Yellow
Imagine my surprise when I got an email from Julie Ardrey, who writes the Human Flower Project blog.She reprinted my article about yellow’s being my favorite flower color.
And, she offers a color blindness test.
It looked like the same one I took at the Museum of Science and Industry the first time I went in the late 1950’s right after we moved to Crystal Lake from Middletown, New York.
Yip.
I’m still red-green color blind.
If you are in doubt as to whether you are colorblind, take the test yourself.
You can link to it at the Human Flower Project.
Labels: Colorblind, Human Flower Project, Julie Ardrey, Yellow
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Message of the Day – A Color
And the color is yellow.That’s the color of my flowers of choice.
The reason is simple.
I have a hard time seeing pastels.
Even red gives me a problem.
That’s probably because I am red-green colorblind.
Hint: be wary of me at any intersection where the traffic lights are not vertical.
In any event, I like yellow flowers because I can see them vividly.
If the other colors are as vivid to other people as yellow is to me, we live in a beautiful world.
Labels: Colorblind, Flowers, Lakewood, Message of the Day, Yellow
