Jour Deux (for the non-Francophiles among us, that's Day Two)

PINK!!!

There must be something in the air... a pink-ish kind of light we get 'round these parts especially in the eastern sky this time of year just before the snow all turns blue and resembles the colors in a Maxfield Parrish painting... that lovely cobalt hue actually referred to as "Parrish Blue". And never more evident than in this Parrish painting: http://www.goodart.org/mpbirch.jpg
You can just tell by looking at this painting that sure a'shootin'... as soon as the sun dips below the hills, all that snow is gonna turn that exact same color as the sky!

Too bad the color is so fleeting. As Shakespeare said (or wrote),

"When the candles are out, all cats are gray...."

But for ever-so-fleeting a moment its there... every night... whether the sun is shining or the clouds are thick... Parrish Blue... never more evident than upon the winter snow.

For another Parrish snow scene, ck this out: http://www.artsycraftsy.com/parrish_prints.html
Scroll down to the one titled "Winter Twilight" with the beautiful pink hills and darkening sky above. Simply lovely!

And you thought pink and blue was reserved only for babies.

I "need" something pink-ish today cause I would like to tell you more about our Ivy's Vine Valentine-make-a-thon. Now this is not a true "thon" cause we truly aren't expecting huge-big crowds here. Hey, this is January in Genoa... lotsa hibernatin' folks around here.

SO WAKE UP EVERYONE!!!!! We're giving away something FREE!!!

The only "attached string" is that you'll actually need to come IN to the shop to do it. Sorry, we aren't doing cyber-Valentines. Maybe in another time and continuum...