Blue Monday -- Casting Off In Our Little Blue Boat

This is my first Blue Monday, and I'm so excited to have found this fun day! It's hosted by Smiling Sally on her blog of the same name. Please go there to read Sally's post and to link to all of the other Blue Ones who are participating in today's festivities. If you'd like to play, feel free to join in the fun. :-) Here's a link for Sally... http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/



Blue is my very favorite color! It's the color of so many wonderful things... the blue bird of happiness, the sea, the sky, robin's eggs, chambray shirts, lapiz lazuli, Chinese porcelain, Naval uniforms, blueberries, plumbago, Paul Newman's eyes, sapphires, baby boys, little Alice blue gowns, bluebells, boxes from Tiffany's, and much, much more.

Today, I'd like to share a few blue nautical scenes with you. Boats are happy things to me and to my hero Popeye who was slated to greet you musically but was a tad too raucous for a supposededly soothing nautical post. Probably a little too much spinach. ;-) If you are just dying to hear about him, click down a litte further on my player where you can hear all about Popeye, Bluto, Wimpy, and Olive's shenanigans and take a cruise on the Love Boat as well. But that's getting sidetracked. So without further adieu, let's cast off together...

Blue and white boat moored in the light of a pale blue New England morning sky, reflected in the blue water below. According to the sign, we can even go watch for whales...



St. Augustine boat with blue dinghy onboard, drifting under the overcast blue of a spring afternoon...



Blue and white striped chair and blue pond yacht (trust me, it's blue; the leaning lamp is blocking it) in the window at blue dusk...

The light in the above picture was phenomenal. When it was taken several years ago, I had turned to look out the window from this chair where I was reading, and the sky looked like it was straight out of a Maxfield Parrish painting. Everything was bathed in a wash of inky blue light. I happened to have a camera nearby when I took this shot, and the color of the sky deepened as the sun set completely. Unfortunately, that shot is a mere memory. Sometimes I don't think a sky can be any more beautiful. Then I turn around and am amazed all over again.

When I discovered Blue Monday, I had already planned to talk about the color blue in a special post that's slated for Wednesday. So if you are a blue lover, feel free to drop back by for a double scoop of blue. Thanks so much for dropping by my birdhouse today. I look forward to visiting with you at yours. There's just never enough blue in the world for me. Apparently, you and the Lord agree! :-)

Quintessentially yours,



Mrs. Magpie (Sheila)