> It's the shade of blue used for knitting baby clothes, surrely. Which is not
> far off powder blue, in actual fact.
>
> joanna
Thanks, Joanna. I like the baby 'baly blue' clothes connection - as
different from the morbid one. Back to the prose poem, my recollection of
the sight/site - part of its fascination was the powder blue wheelbarrow was
only a slight variation on the slightly darker 'baby blue' paint job on the
house wall behind the barrow. Which gave the whole combination a subtle
visual pop.
I have never ever - before or since - seen such wheelbarrow painted this
blue. (Reds, yes). Part of that I suspect was the imaginative, visual
spirit of the Avery family. Sally had been long married to then late, Milton
Avery - an important, east coast, American artist from the 30's into the
sixties or so.
It was both fun and a honor to meet her, and be there. When she was in New
York she lived in and painted at the Cadillac Hotel on the upper west side
of Central Park. Enuf of story!
Stephen V
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> Subject: Re: Snap - Wheelbarrow Ends
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>
>>> I like the touch of red which might be inherent in rust. As well as
>>> trying
>>> to imagine a powder blue wheelbarrow against a baby blue wall.
>>>
>>> Barry
>>
>> When I was in high school 'baby blue' was the hot, tender color (as in
>> sweaters) for libidinous minds. However, when I think about it, to my
>> knowledge, which is not factual, babies that are blue are not in good
>> shape.
>> I mean, no time to google this afternoon, but where and how did 'baby
>> blue'
>> become favorable as a color name/ fashion beauty choice?
>>
>> Stephen V
>> Etymology might destroy this sweet memory of a powder blue wheelbarrow
>> yet.
>>
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