FOR THE LOVE OF GREEN

It is the official first day of spring, so I decided I had better choose my theme color of the season. Since my very proud Irish family's favorite holiday has just passed, you may have guessed that I am going with GREEN.

Of course, green must surely be everyone's favorite color right now. After our long, drab winter, it feels good to see the beginning shoots of green life again.

 I love to use different shades of green to paint furniture. And, I am quite partial to green rugs. (The carpet throughout our home is sea green). Green is the color of nature, so it is my way of bringing the outdoors in.

Green is such a positive, energy giving color. Whether it be celadon, chartreuse, clover, fern, kelly, lime, moss, olive, pine or teal....they are all a breath of fresh air.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE

I found this beautiful poem on Griselda's blog (http://www.awesomepaintings.blogspot.com) this morning. I loved it so much I decided to reprint it here. After researching it a bit, I found that it has often been credited to Maya Angelou, but, in reality was written by Pamela Redmond Satran.

" A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE  enough money within her control to move out 
and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to…
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour…
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE 
a youth she’s content to leave behind….
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE a past juicy enough that she’s looking forward to 
retelling it in her old age….
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra…
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE 
one friend who always makes her laugh… and one who lets her cry…
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family…
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE 
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal, that will make her guests feel honored…
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE a feeling of control over her destiny.
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW 
how to fall in love without losing  herself.
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW 
how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without; ruining the friendship…
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW when to try harder… and WHEN TO WALK AWAY…
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW that she can’t change the length of her calves,
 the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW that her childhood may not have been perfect…but its over…
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW what she would and wouldn’t do for love or more…
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW 
how to live alone… even if she doesn’t like it…
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW 
whom she can trust,
 whom she can’t 
and why she shouldn’t take it personally…
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW where to go…
be it to her best friend’s kitchen table…
or a charming inn in the woods…
when her soul needs soothing…
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW 
what she can and can’t accomplish in a day…
a month…and a year…"