Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Blue and White is not the only china...


...that I own
although it has felt like that recently.

I have become stuck in a rut
and I feel as though it is time
to make some changes.

I will need to be brave
and there are sure to be days
when I get
discouraged or distracted.

But I don't want to live
with a restricted palette
when there is a whole rainbow out there.

15 comments:

blackbird said...

Oh!
I'm putting my arm around you and
saying encouraging things!

Anonymous said...

That is SO Brit!
I can just imagine your cupboard, it must be a beautiful sight.
Paola

Lucille said...

That's a lovely chintzware jug. How nice to see a corner of your domain.

driftwood said...

love that picture on the wall xx

we broke a beloved blue pasta bowl last night, one of a set of four, I had a few moments of china grief as I know they are discontinued until E said we could get one in a different colour, that would look lovely, and you know I thought he was right. we shall be brave together....

Rhiannon said...

Tulips! Yay!
As for blue and white - its beautiful, so of course its worth having, but then rainbows are beautiful too
I'm sure it won't need too much bravery....
x

Menopausal musing said...

Yippee! Now I'll be able to "do" coloured china love by proxy!

kathe said...

Alice, because of you, I too have been brave. I bought an old Prussian blue(?) bowl it sits, full of paper white bulbs in my sunny kitchen. Venturing to think beyond pink I now have an "Alice Bowl". Beautiful peek into you home there!

RW said...

Be brave Alice!

I bought my first tulips last week.

kristina said...

What a beautiful jug! Does this mean I have to move beyond white, gray, and beige... K x

Gina said...

That looks like a good start. I'm also admiring the picture on your wall.

dottycookie said...

There is indeed a world of colour out there. So why are my cupboards filled mostly with plain white china? So practical. So elegant. *SO* boring.

I love the tiny drawing on your wall. We have a few of those too.

readersguide said...

Oh, it's the curtains that I love --

Go for it, Alice.

Lalabibaby said...

I know exactly how you feel about the B & W .... but I can't help myself and I'm just drawn to it x

magsmcc said...

Still Life. But bursting with it!

Lynn said...

Embrace the rainbow. Works for us. (And I agree with readersguide: loving those curtains.)