The folks at Pantone, the company that provides color standards for the design industry, have chosen their color of the year- Honeysuckle PInk-and that’s making me think about spring…and also, pink honeysuckle which I have none of and have not seen before. Evidently, Wild Japanese Honeysuckles are yellow and white but the “preferred” varieties are those with coral-pink hues. Who knew?
So what does this mean to me? It means that I can think about color combinations I like that include this shade of pink- dark gray, chocolate brown(you all know how much I love chocolate brown!!), also taupe, off-white and green. Don’t these sound fabulous?? I am inspired to find these combinations in nature, as I look forward to Spring.And speaking of spring, here are some things I’m looking forward to – after all it’s only 20 days away!!
the smell of the earth after a rain
the first robin
the first daffodil
the color green
open windows
flip flops
long days
summer vegetables (ok it’s summer, not spring, I know…)
kayaking
dylan being home from school
picnics
no coats!!
warm, sunny afternoons
my dog Sailor dozing in the sun at the nearest open door
All this from one look at Honeysuckle Pink…
