A Study in Red

Being the first week of February, it must be close to Valentine's day. Anyway, close enough. I though I'd do a study of my favorite color, RED, to honor that special day. Red is such a vibrant color. It just pops out at you. It is a fun color to have in your home. I love looking at the RED objects in my home. I love using them also.

First is my Fiesta ware in RED. I love using each piece, especially the red ones. We even bought enough small red plates that I can have every other plate in red in my cupboard stack of small plates. I usually have my oatmeal in the morning in the red bowl. Makes my breakfast fun.

I love the new Red drinking glasses we got after we moved to Las Vegas. They are big. So it is Red and Big.

Red tomatoes. These are the vine ripened type that actually taste like tomatoes, not the usual winter cardboard variety. We love them on our sandwiches.

This is a little "chicken in a red rimmed bowl". We use it for nuts so we don't get carried away and eat the whole bag at one sitting. This little chicken is just cute.

I love this pillow. I call it "Red Heart Squared". I dream of making a quilt with this patch in the middle someday. But, for right now, it is just a picture on my calendar begging for me to start cutting and sewing a new quilt.

This is a picture Michael gave me for Christmas several years back. He knows I love chickens and roosters and especially the color Red. It is my Red Angry Rooster. I love it.

The last entry for today is some "not often used" RED glass work. The goblet is from a set I bought almost 40 years ago in California. I guess I started liking the color red many, many years ago. The dessert glassware is from a set we inherited from grandma McLean. We had bought the red dessert cups many years before as a gift for her. They are perfect for a little dish of ice cream.

I hope you enjoyed your tour of Red in the McLean household. What is your favorite color? Are you surrounded by that color? It can bring a cheer to your heart each day.

Seeing RED and liking it!

I love the color of red. I know, most of the family knows this. But the first serving of RED strawberries is the BEST. They may be a little tart, but sugar fixes that. Either you like strawberries (I do) or you don't (Dan doesn't). That only means "More for me", I don't make him eat them. That is a win-win situation. The only thing better is red strawberries in a red bowl! I had my first bowl of strawberries the beginning of February. Wonderful! 

My father loved strawberries also. When the season started in California, we had strawberries almost every night for dessert, as long as the season lasted. I don't remember loving them as much as I do now. Just too long ago. 

I have had at lest two red winter coats, and loved them. But, I also love my red Honda CRV, red fiesta dish wear, red sweaters, red blouses, watermelon, red quilting fabric (it is a basic color for me), red drinking glasses, red purses, red candy boxes (full of course), and red roosters and hens. I truly see red every day and I love it. How about you?