Comments on: How To Add Colour To A Grey Day http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, web design. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:21:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Edinburgh Lover http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-806259 Edinburgh Lover Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:16:12 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-806259 <p>Scotland can definitely fall into the definition of dreich, but you make some good observations about picking out colors: I would comment that when I'm outside on a dreary day, it can be a challenge to look for bright, cheering colors of red and oranges in the folliage.</p> Scotland can definitely fall into the definition of dreich, but you make some good observations about picking out colors: I would comment that when I’m outside on a dreary day, it can be a challenge to look for bright, cheering colors of red and oranges in the folliage.

]]> By: Joanna Young http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-791178 Joanna Young Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:46:14 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-791178 <p>Meryl, I appreciated you leaving my "u" :-) I couldn't bring myself to write it the other way either!</p> <p>I agree with Yvonne: words and exchanges of conversation like this help us create a more colourful world</p> <p>Bob - thanks for the tanning booth tip!</p> <p>Joanna</p> <p>Joanna Youngs last blog post..<a href="http://www.confidentwriting.com/2008/06/asking-question.html" rel="nofollow">Asking Questions For A Change: Part IV of the Questions Series</a></p> Meryl, I appreciated you leaving my “u” :-) I couldn’t bring myself to write it the other way either!

I agree with Yvonne: words and exchanges of conversation like this help us create a more colourful world

Bob - thanks for the tanning booth tip!

Joanna

Joanna Youngs last blog post..Asking Questions For A Change: Part IV of the Questions Series

]]> By: Bob Younce at the Writing Journey http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-790947 Bob Younce at the Writing Journey Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:24:27 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-790947 <p>@Meryl - I won't begrudge Joanna using the U. Just saying that I can't bring myself to do it.</p> <p>And yes about the tanning booth. It was a trick I learned from my wife. Haven't done it in years, but it's a real mood boost.</p> <p>Bob Younce at the Writing Journeys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWritingJourney/~3/309693385/my-blogging-journey" rel="nofollow">My Blogging Journey</a></p> @Meryl - I won’t begrudge Joanna using the U. Just saying that I can’t bring myself to do it.

And yes about the tanning booth. It was a trick I learned from my wife. Haven’t done it in years, but it’s a real mood boost.

Bob Younce at the Writing Journeys last blog post..My Blogging Journey

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-790941 Meryl Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:21:32 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-790941 <p>@Bob, I left it colours because that's Joanna's way. I love the British-style of English. I want the guest bloggers' own voices to come through, so I left anything like that alone.</p> <p>Are you serious about the tanning booth??? Going there just for the light?</p> @Bob, I left it colours because that’s Joanna’s way. I love the British-style of English. I want the guest bloggers’ own voices to come through, so I left anything like that alone.

Are you serious about the tanning booth??? Going there just for the light?

]]> By: Bob Younce at the Writing Journey http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-790899 Bob Younce at the Writing Journey Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:12:47 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-790899 <p>You've really touched on something here, Joanna.</p> <p>I used to live in Indiana. There's a statistic passed around down there, and I don't know if it's legitimate. It goes like this: 2 out of every 3 days in Indiana are cloudy. It has a reputation similar to Scotland's, I think.</p> <p>For me, it wasn't the colors (sorry, American here. No "u") that I missed on grey days; it was the sun. I'd actually go to a tanning booth once a week during the winter, not to get a tan, but to get some light!</p> <p>Bob Younce at the Writing Journeys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWritingJourney/~3/309693385/my-blogging-journey" rel="nofollow">My Blogging Journey</a></p> You’ve really touched on something here, Joanna.

I used to live in Indiana. There’s a statistic passed around down there, and I don’t know if it’s legitimate. It goes like this: 2 out of every 3 days in Indiana are cloudy. It has a reputation similar to Scotland’s, I think.

For me, it wasn’t the colors (sorry, American here. No “u”) that I missed on grey days; it was the sun. I’d actually go to a tanning booth once a week during the winter, not to get a tan, but to get some light!

Bob Younce at the Writing Journeys last blog post..My Blogging Journey

]]> By: Yvonne Russell http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-789842 Yvonne Russell Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:15:15 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-789842 <p>Hi Joanna I am always inspired by your positive and creative outlook. Thanks for taking us on your journey with you, and sharing a little bit of your world.</p> <p>As I look out my window here in the land downunder, I'm surrounded by subtropical green. But as I look closer, I see that's it's not just green, but many shades of green.</p> <p>It's these nuances that I love about colour, as with words... and then there are the unexpected discoveries when you take the time to look more closely and explore.</p> <p>Thanks for an inspirational post...as always.</p> <p>Yvonne Russells last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GrowYourWritingBusiness/~3/306164392/" rel="nofollow">Weekend Writers Cafe Experiment - Open Mic - Over To You - Let’s Chat</a></p> Hi Joanna
I am always inspired by your positive and creative outlook. Thanks for taking us on your journey with you, and sharing a little bit of your world.

As I look out my window here in the land downunder, I’m surrounded by subtropical green. But as I look closer, I see that’s it’s not just green, but many shades of green.

It’s these nuances that I love about colour, as with words… and then there are the unexpected discoveries when you take the time to look more closely and explore.

Thanks for an inspirational post…as always.

Yvonne Russells last blog post..Weekend Writers Cafe Experiment - Open Mic - Over To You - Let’s Chat

]]> By: Joanna Young http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-789819 Joanna Young Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:38:36 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-789819 <p>Hi everyone, sorry not to have replied before... I had a little difficulty getting on to the site.</p> <p>Tim, thanks for sharing your perspective. I think I know just the tea room! I am planning to move to the Dunoon area in August, for many of the reasons you describe here: including the rain. It's an environment that makes you feel joyful, your senses alive.</p> <p>Janet, that's it precisely: enjoying their delight. Each time I take more photos I'm learning to appreciate these 'ordinary' flowers more and more.</p> <p>Ulla, thanks for popping over here! I'm sure there are always fascinating things to find in Berlin, even on the greyest of days... Wish I was there!</p> <p>Karen, you have a great gift for sharing what you see through those glasses as well as finding the sunshine yourself. Thank you.</p> <p>Thanks again Meryl for letting me share a little bit of my world with you here.</p> <p>Joanna</p> <p>Joanna Youngs last blog post..<a href="http://www.confidentwriting.com/2008/06/creating-the-sp.html" rel="nofollow">Creating The Space To Ask Questions: Asking Questions With A Purpose Part II</a></p> Hi everyone, sorry not to have replied before… I had a little difficulty getting on to the site.

Tim, thanks for sharing your perspective. I think I know just the tea room! I am planning to move to the Dunoon area in August, for many of the reasons you describe here: including the rain. It’s an environment that makes you feel joyful, your senses alive.

Janet, that’s it precisely: enjoying their delight. Each time I take more photos I’m learning to appreciate these ‘ordinary’ flowers more and more.

Ulla, thanks for popping over here! I’m sure there are always fascinating things to find in Berlin, even on the greyest of days… Wish I was there!

Karen, you have a great gift for sharing what you see through those glasses as well as finding the sunshine yourself. Thank you.

Thanks again Meryl for letting me share a little bit of my world with you here.

Joanna

Joanna Youngs last blog post..Creating The Space To Ask Questions: Asking Questions With A Purpose Part II

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-789817 Meryl Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:27:19 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-789817 <p>@Karen, inspiring, isn't it? I've been fortunate to get wonderful guest bloggers like Joanna.</p> @Karen, inspiring, isn’t it? I’ve been fortunate to get wonderful guest bloggers like Joanna.

]]> By: Karen Swim http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-789155 Karen Swim Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:10:22 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-789155 <p>Joanna, what powerful words and pictures! Whether the grey is internal or external we can change that by simply adjusting our perception. Dreary can become tranquil, chaos can become energetic. Our state of mind is one of the few things that we can control. I like putting on my rose tinted glasses and finding sunshine when it is hiding. Thank you for the reminder that even in grey there is beauty. Meryl, Happy Blog Birthday and thank you for giving us these wonderful gifts!</p> <p>Karen Swims last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordsForHire/~3/308874750/riding-wave-of-imagination.html" rel="nofollow">Riding the Wave of Imagination</a></p> Joanna, what powerful words and pictures! Whether the grey is internal or external we can change that by simply adjusting our perception. Dreary can become tranquil, chaos can become energetic. Our state of mind is one of the few things that we can control. I like putting on my rose tinted glasses and finding sunshine when it is hiding. Thank you for the reminder that even in grey there is beauty. Meryl, Happy Blog Birthday and thank you for giving us these wonderful gifts!

Karen Swims last blog post..Riding the Wave of Imagination

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-788446 Meryl Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:15:54 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/2008/06/how-to-add-colour-to-a-grey-day/#comment-788446 <p>@Janet, glad to hear the greens thrive despite the cloudy days. They must be happy plants if they don't let the grey get to them :)</p> <p>@Ulla, We're having a grand summer here in Texas, too. It rained yesterday -- so we have our occasional grey days, so it was perfect that I happened to post this yesterday. Back to sunny today.</p> @Janet, glad to hear the greens thrive despite the cloudy days. They must be happy plants if they don’t let the grey get to them :)

@Ulla, We’re having a grand summer here in Texas, too. It rained yesterday — so we have our occasional grey days, so it was perfect that I happened to post this yesterday. Back to sunny today.

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