Adventures in Blue, the joy of permission.

I've been thinking lately about permission. I often will have an idea pop into my head and before I've even given myself time to explore it, I tend to dismiss it as either silly, fanciful or a waste of time. But the thing is, I get these sorts of ideas all the time, the sorts that just pop up unexpectedly, and I think that by refusing myself permission to enjoy them, I have been clamping down on a really important part of who I am.

So when the idea of doing a colour treasure hunt popped up in my head, I decided to entertain it, to welcome it and sit it down with a cup of tea and a chocolate hobnob.

The idea came because since my last post, I had become very obsessed with green and grey combos and my kids were getting a bit tired of it, so my daughter and I play a game on the way to school where we spot different colours. We've decided that pink is the hardest colour to spot in the city, but you never know, watch this space!

In the meantime, the colour blue has become my current obsession and in the past week I've been stopping to photograph blue things whenever I come across them, including the sky, road signs, doors, railings and lots more.  Most of the photos are taken on my iphone.

Here's my lovely blue collection!...

 

 

Here are some of my favourite blue things at home...

 Today I played with some paint on a canvas, just for the joy of it, rather than trying to paint a coherent picture..

There's magic in the process..

The thing with granting myself permission to indulge my blue obsession is that I feel so much more awakened and inspired than I would have done otherwise, and it really didn't take much time or effort, it was a joy.

So here's to permission, to saying yes to the little childlike voice that is longing to be heard.

Today in celebration of permission, I am wearing blue stripey songs with my purple shiny shoes, (Much to my kids' horror). I have a feeling that such a combo should not be seen on a woman of my age, but I don't mind, and I don't care too much, and that really is a very lovely thing.

Much love.

xxx