New Design !

I'm getting settled inside this beautifully redesigned blog and love the new look of "Seasons for All!"

Jo-Lynne at DCR Design has done it again.  I first contacted her a number of months ago to design the blog I write for my sister.  She worked magic then matching perfectly carefully selected design elements that represent my sister's personality as I described it.  The outcome is wonderful, and, thanks in part to the "engaging design," my sister's blog will be featured somewhere special some time next month.  More on that when it happens!

So I contacted Jo-Lynne again when I wanted to hang a new banner and wallpaper here.  Since the theme is seasons, we chose a four seasons image and a complimentary background.  Then she waved her magic wand and made the little image twirl and the colors change with each season.  Yellow for summer, rust for fall, blue for winter, and green for spring.  Perfect!  Thank you, Jo-Lynne!   

As I look around my cheerful new yellow blog, it leads to a few thoughts. 

My favorite color when I was a little girl was yellow, which, according to my mom and dad, I pronounced "lellow."  Although blue is now my favorite color, and has been for many, many years, I'm finding the color of sunshine quite refreshing for a few reasons.

For the past few years, I have worn mainly black from head to toe.  I'm certainly not Gothic by any means and, in fact, also wear lovely gold, pearl, and diamond jewelry.  I find that wearing black is simple and elegant, classic and timeless.  While I've considered if there is a deeper reason why I choose to wear a dark color all the time, I realized a couple of years ago that if I had to choose a color that represents my spirit, it would be yellow because it's optimistic and happy, and it reflects my true nature.

I definitely wanted bold colors for this blog because my design over at The Tea Room is very feminine and surrounded by beautiful shades of raspberry red, cotton candy pink, and soothing sage green.  Plus, topics I write about there cover art, music, tradition, and much of the sensory beauty we experience in modern day America.  My favorite blogs there are cottage-y chic in nature, and in recent weeks I've expressed appreciation and awe for painters and paintings from the Impressionist era.  I will continue to write about beauty in art, music, and tradition there. 

While topics at The Tea Room are mostly timeless, "Seasons for All" is intended to take place in real-time.  Here is where I will write about seasons as they cycle through nature, the world, my home, and my life.  I find I always want to begin by commenting on something in nature -- the weather, the colors of leaves, the blossoming of flowers, etc.  And I find I have opinions that get stronger as I get wiser with age.

I welcome you to Seasons for All, and I hope you visit often.

  

Comments

[Nana]

Arlene, I love the look of your new site! It's great! Thank you for visiting me at Nana's Corner and I appreciate your leaving a comment about the My Twinn Doll. They are so adorable, I can't wait to get one for Kailtin's Christmas present. I've started (very new) a site for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren called Nana Finds. When you get a chance please visit me there, too. Your summer sounds great.