Searching for Roy G Biv - Blue, update 2

Got the blues? Me too. Not the Moody Blues or the blah kind of blues, but the Roy G Biv blues. 

 sculpture in Duck, North Carolina

 drawing on table at Art on Paper, NYC 2015

 at Jessica Tuesday's in Putnam, CT

sign in Putnam, CT

 Baltimore Convention Center, 2015

 waiting to catch the train in Baltimore, 2015

 reflections in Boston Harbor, 2013

If you've blues to share, just leave a comment for Julie or me and we'll be happy to link to your blog post. Stay tuned for updates!

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Are in you a proper blue mood now and want more? Enjoy a peaceful meander through the blogs:

Julie at Julie B Booth has Old Town blues

Fiona of Paper Ponderings has playful blues

Ronnie at art + etc has her 141st which has heavenly blues

Lisa of arzigogolare has hydrangea blues

Roxanne of Ideas in Cloth ponders what to do with blue

Fran of At The End Of The Day shares her heavely blues

Susan and Elizabeth at PG Fiber2Art were feeling blue

Mary Ann of Blue Sky Dreaming shares her favorite blues

Lynda of Bloom, Bake & Create has experimental blues

Maya of Take Diversion found blues along the Bangalore Mysore highway

Margaret of Charlton Stitcher has true blues

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Still yearning for more blue? You're in luck! Head on over to

Bucolic Dreaming for painterly blues
Linda Stokes Textile Artist for a varietal blues
Sharmon Davidson Contemporary Mixed Media has a mixture of blues

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June 18 - indigo
July 16 - violet
August 20 -brown
September 17 -gold

October 15 -grey

November 19 -pink

December 17 - blogger's choice

Searching for Roy G Biv 3 - Blue, update 3

Welcome to the Search for Roy G Biv. 

Mother's Day afternoon was spent at a little carnival.

While the girls enjoyed the rides, I took a few photos.

Enjoy the rest of my blues!

The fireplace of the house where the Stitching Summit took place 

in March was adorned with ceramic tiles. I loved this quiet little piece.

 Habu's delicious threads

 At the Museum of Art & Design - hold an object in front of the camera 

and it reproduces it as fractals (I think...couldn't find any info)

 Jean-Marc, 2012 by Xavier Veilhan, NYC

New York gallery

sculptures at The Center for Wood Art, Philadelphia

fabric in a home & design shop in Philly

Where else but in New York?
Love the gentleman trying to slip by on the right.

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In a blue mood now and craving more? Stroll on over to see what delights Julie, Fiona, Jill, Liz, Maya and Lisa have. Check back for updates as others join in the fun.

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Susan, Sharmon and Mary Ann have posted their blues. Hurry over to see their treasures.

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Please pardon the delay Charlton and Yarngoddess in linking to your glorious blues. It's been a busy weekend. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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Bridgette over at Contemplating the Moon just joined in the search. Hop on over to see what delights she has and then hop on over to Cloth Paper Scissors to read an interview with her.

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June's color is indigo

June 19 - indigo

July 17 - violet

August 21 - pink

September 18 - black

October 16 - white

November 20 - brown

December 18 - blogger's choice

Searching for Roy G Biv II - update #2

Did you know that Roy G Biv visited Boston? Seems he did AND he left blue. Lots of blues, in fact. I've photographed several of them to share, but the internet connection in the hotel is spotty so the real sharing will happen once we return home.

One of the first blues...other than the brilliant sky and dazzling water...that caught my eye was the rental bikes outside our hotel door.

The real treat of this trip has been spending Saturday afternoon with Jeanne Williamson. More on that later as well. I must say that Jeanne is rather brave - she joined the family for dinner at the Barking Crab. Dining with my little urchins is always an adventure given how much they usually eat.

My apologies to Ersi and Carol for the late link to their blue posts. Please stroll over to be amazed. Time to visit the Children's Museum. Enjoy!

Searching for Roy G Biv II - Blue updated

I have something to tell you...I've fallen in love with blue. This affair began last fall when I went to Cleveland for an India Flint workshop. With Friday free, I visited the Cleveland Museum of Art and experienced Work No. 965: Half the air in any given space by Martin Creed.

A room of 3 glass walls filled halfway with air...in the form of balloons. I looked at this room from so many angles. Listened to the laughter of those within. Watched many braver than I squeeze through the doors. Oh! How badly I wanted to experience this.

You see, I'm a bit claustrophobic so just the idea of being covered - even in balloons - had me wanting to run and find a safe spot from which to observe. But observing wasn't at all what I desired.

Finally, one thought occurred to me. I'd just had an MRI a week or so before going to Cleveland. I stood outside the balloon filled room and thought that if I could survive an MRI, I could walk through a room of balloons. The video is mine. Yes. I did it and it was the experience of a lifetime...and the beginning of my love affair with blue.

wall paper detail at Topaz, Washington, DC

vases in the ladies room at the Society of Conptempory Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

flower pots in Pittsburgh

Washington, DC door

 construction wall in the DC Metro, Dupont Circle stop

 bowl at The Phillips Collection gift shop

 lamp at Table Top, Washington, DC

dragon at the annual Frog Frolic in May

canoes outside LL Bean

My Saturday mornings have been spent watching the girls take swimming lessons. 

Well...yes, I did watch them, but I also took photos of the water.

Yearning for more blue? You're in luck then. Stroll on over to these blogs for more...

Julie has bi-coastal blues.
Fiona has a thought provoking blue.
Kim has powerful and life changing blues.
Liz has captured twilight.
Monica has blue that tells a story.
Deb has playful blues.
Charlton has Scottish blues.

Do you have blue?

Maya has an eclectic selection of blues...including a rather fishy one.
Cindi has some glassy blues.
Lisa has heavenly blues.

As always, if you know of blues that have been posted yet have escaped Julie's or my notice, please let us know and we'll be happy to link to the post. The more, the merrier applies in the search for Roy G Biv!

Searching for Roy G Biv - Blue Update

 

detail of pin by Pam Sullivan

 Last Thursday was September's installment in Julie's and my search for Roy G Biv.

At the end of my post, I asked if you had blue...and some of you do!

Lisa over at Arzigogolare is Surrounded by Blue in Venice while

Ersi's blues are dazzling in her workroom .

Anyone else care to share their blues?

Searching for Roy G Biv - Blue

London has blues.

 It is there, if one looks closely

 at  Tower Bridge,

 on the docks behind Tower Hotel,

 greeting customers at the Best of India along Brick Lane,

 on a plate at the Victoria and Albert,

 down an alley off Portobello Road, 

decorating not only the entry,

 but the windows as well.

New York has a blue mosaic

  outside one of the stores.

 You must look up to see it,

 although if the wind is blowing and you listen closely, 

the tinkling of the blues can be heard.

Boston has a bit of blue

of the natural sort 

 and the man made too.

Do you have blue?
Julie, Fiona and Flags for Peace do.

Searching for Roy G Biv reminder

Yikes! It's nearly time to continue the search for Roy G Biv.

This month's color is blue.

If you're in the mood for blue, join in the fun on Thursday.

Searching for Roy G Biv - blue

Was out and about with the little urchins 

(aka my daughters) today

and found a few interesting blues. 

Check out Julie's post for an exquisite violet 

in the search for Roy G Biv aka Roy G Bip and Roy GBP.

Actually, all this talk of Roy has me wondering how others learned the rainbow? 

I was taught red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple = Roy GBP

Fiona learned red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple = Roy G Bip

How did you learn the rainbow?