Flickr Favourites: March 22, 2015

{1945 Louis Philippe ad ~ Totally Mystified}


{Easter holiday eggs ~ Alvaro Dorsey}


{1944 jewelry ~ File Photo Digital Archive}


{Broadway Fashions 1947 ~ Classic Film}


{Cover of Judge magazine May 17, 1924 ~ Linda}


{Funny Easter Bunny ~ indria sari}


{Red Star Line postcard ~ Totally Mystified}


{Tableau in Green and Red ~ Tom Levold}


{1952 Avondale Fabrics ad ~ Totally Mystified}


{Cover of Woman And Home, August 1951 ~ Totally Mystified}  

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The beginning of spring, awash as it generally is in a sea of gentle greens, delicate browns, mild pastels, crisp whites, and cheerful blues (as in the sky and representative of rain), isn't exactly a time of the year that we generally associate with the colour red, and yet there are plenty of things popping back to life these days that feature this very hue.

Flowers - spanning the garden spectrum from carnations to roses to pansies - are but one, strawberries and raspberries a little later on, are two more. You'll also find red on rubber boots used to splash in puddles, traditional Ukrainian pysanky Easter eggs, blossoms on various trees, and red skinned spuds, to name but a few a more sources of springtime red.

A colour of vibrancy, passion, vitality, and immense beauty, red suits spring's mighty return well, for it helps to convey the sense of power from which the world wakes up from its icy slumber and is once again cloaked in a rainbow shades, weather conditions and possible vintage wardrobe choices. I often personally associate red with change as well, which is certainly something that's underway as we gleefully wave buh-bye to Old Man Winter and welcome Mother Nature, in her youthful maiden form, back into our lives again.

So don't pack all the red away with your Christmas or Valentine's Day decorations or save it for the sweltering dog days of summer. Instead slip into a ruby sundress, sport a garnet hued Easter bonnet, let your feet frolic around in a pair of cranberry coloured peep-toe sandals (and paint your toe nails cherry to match), or bring a massive bouquet of your favourite warm weather red blooms into the house.

You'll feel all the more energized, happy, and ready to embrace spring's rocky starts and stops, thunder storms, and ultimately beautiful return because of it!