Reclaiming the Joy of Grey

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Because Maryse reminded me in the comments of the last post that like pink, grey (one of my favorite colors) is also a new-named color for something-plus-white; and because grey goes so well with a week of pink, a poem:

Reclaiming the Joy of Grey

The mourning dove:
Her purring song calms my mind
And lengthens the minutes.

My cats, one big, one small:
Their whisker quiet senses
Divining my every mood.

Dryer lint:
Soft and precious,
If only for a moment.

That sweater, that sweatshirt,
That ratty old jacket:
Warmer than any fur coat.

The color of waves,
The whale, a smooth
Sea stone.

I take my grey with an "e,"
Never an "a,"
And no sugar, please.

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1. pink and gray, 2. Light on a Gray Day, 3. Grey crocheted hat, 4. dark simplicity with bokeh, 5. Dusky Bokeh, 6. Grey and Pink, 7. Gray's Lake Grove - November Fog, 8. Great Grey Owl, 9. Grey Elephant teapot

Comments

[kristen]

so pretty....i've been kind of obsessed with gray clothing...

[liz elayne]

lovely.
pink+grey is pretty fantastic.
i like it with an e too. the a always seems like something other than the color, like a name....

[lisa]

Yay!!!

LOVE THIS POST!!!

Beautiful!

Did you know dryer lint is compostable?

[Jena]

Beautiful.

[Leisa Hammett]

I like. I went deeper...from the grey we come into the pink. We must sort through grey to find the pink-ness. Thus there is beauty in grey. Grey is rich. Never dull. To get to pink, we must travel through grey. Embrace the grey...! Reminds me of my post today, if you don't mind: http://leisahammett.typepad.com/the_journey_with_grace/2010/02/winter-gratitude-.html

[Maryse]

Thank you so much for the mention. You did a beautiful job. Your words and the picture; a symphony in grey. And yes, pink and grey, one of my favorite combination. So soft.
Love,
Maryse

[Maryse]

Putting this on Twitter right now! :)