Tuesday 20 October 2009

Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Azul


Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Azul
Originally uploaded by Marian Florcita

Azul:Blue.

Where I come from, in Argentina, people like painting their houses in bright colors. I could voice different theories such as "that helps bright up your city in winter when everything is dark and grey", "it's a way to show your individuality/creativity", "you are just showing off" .... :)
I don't know. What I do think is that -at least here in The Netherlands- life would be so much brighter in the long months of winter if there was some color on the streets other than the brown of bricks and the grey of the sky.
So I looked around in Flickr for some blue houses (the one on the top left corner, is Frida Khalo's "La casa azul"). And these were my favorites.

All the credit to the photographers who took these pictures. If you want to see the photos larger in with credits, click on the mosaic.

If you want to join the mosaic fun, follow the link to Mitsy's blog.


Remember that DaWanda has a discount week which I am joining. So from today until Sunday, there will be a 15% discount on all shops were you haven't purchased before. If you haven't shoped at Florcita now is the time!

16 comments:

Kuutydruk said...

Love the idea! :)
Beautiful!

Clair said...

Great theory. I'd love to see more colour at this time of year!

Ooty said...

Love it! Blue is among my favs!

Mitsy / ArtMind said...

Reminds me of Portugal! I squeeled when I saw a lime painted house! Love it!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful blues - lets start a campaign to paint more housese brightly :)

florcita said...

Kuutydruk Thanks!
Clair it makes senses, doesn't it?
Ooty blue is quite a versatile color, isn't it?
Mitsy how much would you love to have a full lime green house? :) would be fun and unique!
starrybluessky where is that paint!!! To start with it, I will be painting my atelier red next year... yes... RED!

I bijoux dello Stregatto said...

I love blue, and this would be a wonderful idea!

Clasheen said...

Hi Mariana, It's really wet and windy outside today in Ireland, could do with a few blue houses here! I hope that you don't mind but I have given you a Kreativ Blogger Award on my blog. The rules for receiving this award mean that you link back to the person who nominated you, list 7 things that you love, link to 6 more 'kreative bloggers' and leave a comment on their site to let them know how to keep the award going. Cheers, Nicola

X by Leina Neima said...

Lovely...

Green Hand Studio said...

Hola Mariana
que bonita la casa Azul.
Me encanta el color and I agree, that it would be much better to have some colorful houses around when the sky is grey and the weather miserable.
I am in Italy at the moment,... it is raining and i am dreaming of the sunsshine of spain!
abrazos

Lily Pang said...

Beautiful blue! I love blues! In China we have black and white houses. Very serene like a black ink Chinese paintings. Yours are more passionate, just like the people there. :-)

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