Whenever I notice something blue, an old song from the late 1960’s entitled Love is Blue, (music composed by André Popp, French lyrics by Pierre Cour, and English lyrics by Bryan Blackburn) pops into my mind.
To me, the music sounds somewhat ethereal, almost haunting. I can remember loving to play the piece on the piano as a teenager and I still have the sheet music somewhere.
The lyrics to that song are sad and melancholy, telling the woeful tale of lost love. “Blue, blue, my world is blue. Blue is my world, now I’m without you” are the opening lines.
Blue is always associated with feeling down, sad, lonely, or downright depressed. But for me, the color blue doesn’t have the same connotations.
Blue is one of my favorite colors and when paired with my absolute favorite, yellow, those two together just make me cheerful and happy. I get a mental picture of bright yellow daffodils or vivid yellow sunflowers against a brilliantly blue sky. So beautiful.
I also love the clean, crisp look of blue enhanced with white. Wedgewood china comes to my mind. And Chinese porcelain or Holland’s delftware, or French toile fabric with blue designs. Again so very lovely.
In two different houses where we lived in the past (in the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest), our kitchen colors were blue and white. And even though I’m not that fond of cooking, I enjoyed being in those kitchens because of their décor color.
Blue. When I see it, I’m definitely not feeling blue.
Blue is calming to me and I find myself drawn to blue in nature…blue skies, blue water, blue on a bird, blue flowers.
It’s one of the reasons I wanted a hydrangea – a blue one, of course – planted in our yard several years ago. When it blooms in late summer, I just want to sit and gaze at its gorgeous color because I love it so much.
For me, love IS blue. Big blossoms of blue. How could anyone feel blue looking at these?
“Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?” ~ James Montgomery
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I enjoy blue in nature, but don’t use it at all in decorating, and apart from blue jeans don’t usually wear it. It certainly isn’t my favorite color, although I agree that it does well combined with yellow and white. Here’s what made me smile: even your hydrangea combines yellow, blue, and white!
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You’re right, it does! Perfect combination for me…maybe that’s why I love those so very much.
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Blue hydrangea are SOOO beautiful! Sadly, my soil turns the blooms to pink (that is, if the deer even allow them to bloom). Love Is Blue was a favorite song of mine, and your description of the music is perfect. I believe I had the sheet music, too. And blue has always been my favorite color. Happy Wednesday!
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The other colored hydrangeas are lovely too, but there’s just something about those blue ones, isn’t there? 🙂
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Ah blue – my favorite color. My kitchen is blue. Like you I do not like to cook, but I do a lot of cooking and canning in my blue kitchen. Nature with it’s blue sky just lifts my soul and makes me happy. Enjoyed your post.
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Happy to hear from another blue fan. 😉
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