A very specific shade of blue
Melody | Tuesday, 9 January, 2007 at 7:29 AM 
Yesterday while peeking through some photos taken in Seattle last spring, I came across one I kept wanting to look at. Taken the night of my first full day there, it was of a place by "the Locks" where we arrived just at a particular time when the sun's presence has dissipated but the reality of light reflecting on water was palpable.
This is the shade of blue that peppers other memories of my life. Living in Atlanta the summer of '96. Several nights after the pool had been "closed," and Cindi and I would go swimming. The sky, on more than one of those nights, was exactly this color.
People often ask about favorite colors. I used to say "red," and if I ever am pressed so I have to choose, I still divert back to this old answer. But really it isn't true. There are some shades of green that make me feel completely different than I felt before I observed them. And if I'm really present in the moment with any color, they all have the power to bring me a significant, strong, pleasurable comfort. Because I love them all.
This morning my thoughts are with That Blue. It peppers many of my happy memories. And makes me feel a calm, present, peacefulness. Thought you'd enjoy sharing it with me...
Reader Comments (9)
It is a very nice, subtle, but strong color. I really like it too.
When I look up at the sky during the day and there are no clouds I describe the sky as a blue, blue. To me it is just beautiful.
See, you both get it! It IS blue blue. I'm glad you got to enjoy it with me...
When I went to get the paper there were the prettiest little blue birds on some bushes. Their color was strikingly beautiful. I just had to share. I was comparing their color with the blue, blue sky.
Cool! I think it's everywhere. And I, like you, will probably notice blue all day long now....
When I think of the color blue I call this a "true blue". There are so many shades of blue, both lighter and darker, but the color in that pic is truly a true blue.
You know, I think that's what Cindi would say, too. And I think you're both right. It's sure one of the nicest shades of blue I ever saw!
Blue is considered the heavenly color, from, say, the sky?
I really like it--especially some shades of blue, like your Seattle sky. but green is really my favorite color. Green is said to be relaxing.
Dad
Dad, this IS a heavenly sort of color, isn't it. I think I only recently learned that your favorite color is green. It was only the last few years that I realized how much I also enjoyed it.
Ooh...remember "the big old house," we lived in for so long? Of course you do. But when we first moved in, before much remodeling (beyond the necessities, that is,) had been done, I thought back then that it was so incredibly strange that every single room used a shade of green in its decor. Not only did I not understand this, but I also didn't appreciate it. That later came back to my memory as I realized that just with fashion, "decorator colors" also had a natural life and cycle, and now that green has once again returned, in many ways, as a pleasing color for some decorating purposes, I sometimes remember some of those shades of green I'd once hated. The tiles on the living room fireplace, for example. Glorious! Who knew...?