Maybe 'powder blue' came from when you go off into the wild blue yonder, you take a powder. Andrew On 12/04/07, Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > As in " And it's all over now, Baby Blue"? > > caleb > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Joanna Boulter > Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2007 9:36 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Snap - Wheelbarrow Ends > > It's the shade of blue used for knitting baby clothes, surrely. Which is > not > far off powder blue, in actual fact. > > joanna > > ----- Original Message ----- >