Back to Blue
Blue means so much to me.
My mom has always loved blue, she wore jeans and still does and even wears jean shirts with her jeans. When I grew up I wore a lot of blue and also loved blue.
Then I met Brian and in the Fort Collins store “Indigo Rose” I was looking at three tops: dark blue, black and olive green. I told Brian - this would have been 25 years ago - that I was looking at the blue and the black ones as my favorites. He said what about the olive green one and I said I have never really worn this color and am not sure I like it. He said I should not be color prejudiced.
This has stuck with me all these years and today, I think thanks to Brian and that day, I love all colors under the rainbow. Well, maybe I still don’t love the camel color, the one that looks like white/pink skin. Maybe I feel like when we were it we look naked. Though I don’t mind the latter.
Anyway, today I worked with Boris in Rieussec de Pardhaillan, a very small village in south of France. We worked on improving this house he rents out to a very nice family. I got to be a handy woman and the assistant of my brother. He is teaching me a lot and we are having a lot of fun. I have told him that we should open a business together, the carpenter and the seamstress. I have probably said it to him five times already since I moved to France.
This afternoon he said he would get a certification as a plumber and that he already looked at the test and passed every question! I told him that if he got his certification I would get mine as an upholsteress. So putting it out there today feels like a good way to make our way towards realizing some of those little dreams.
My studio is 1/5 of the way set up. It will take a long time but I am having so much fun working with and for my mom and brother. I will try to take pictures soon so you can see the before and after.
Brian is still having a tough time adapting to our new life here but I am really hoping he can soon call - this place we are renting and the community we are living in - home. At least for one year.
This Fall and Winter I am looking forward to slowing down.
