"Color provides an unexpected and free experience of emotions."   - Patti Weaver   CDS Studio

During the week gone by I really had my mind on color.  And not just color by itself but color as it contrasts to another color.  This time of the year in the garden I do believe brings it out the best.  There is just so much color happening everywhere we look.  It can indeed transform emotions in us in so many different ways. 

Last Thursday I walked around Coot Lake with my friend Patti, a fabulous interior designer.  As we yakked our way around the lake we found ourselves on the conversation of color.  She shared some profound words that touched me and upon returning home, I emailed her to ask about it one more time.  Not only did she provide the words she said for this weeks quote but these words as well:

"Honest, raw perspectives that may force us to redefine or renew ourselves. Surrounding yourself with your favorite colors will give you a fulfilling sense of a 'new culture' in your home, your pulse that is exclusively your own.  Shed new light...let color take you on a quest for truth!"

So what is your truth about color?  Looking up around you right now what are the colors that resonate with you?  I love green - since I was a little girl green has always been my favorite color.  Perhaps that is why I love gardening so much. The key in getting color in nature is that it changes with the season. 

Here in Colorado we are starting to see sprinklings of yellow tips here and there amongst the trees.  The sign that fall is just around the corner.   A time of year that will make the colors change to a completely different palette.  And then before you know it, we will be in a black and white world in nature again.   Leaving us to find color indoors I suppose as well as in the clothes we wear.