by niya christine

Those Blue Doors

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#182/165 Paintings (1/2 way point)

Have you ever wondered why the blue doors in Santa Fe are so embedded in the architectural landscape? Yes, the turquoise emulates the light at certain points of the day, and blue is SO blue in the sky. But there are some folklore tales that portend that blue warded off evil spirits when the Spanish settlers built adobes. And, the sky determines much in New Mexico. But for most it is simply a vintage welcome. Welcome to our sky in our home. Welcome to our proud color.

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I know I promised you more historical stories on Reed house the 1800’s adobe house in Mill Valley. However, that was before I spent a day getting lost in San Francisco and was too late to my second visit/meeting today to visit the Presidio historical notes on early adobe architecture in the Bay Area and Reed house. So, this is coming in the week. I’m just a puppy dog lapping up all of the color opportunities right now. I’m so excited about this theme.

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Post tagsA paintings a day adobe houses Clay niya c. sisk Santa Fe Storypaintings Turquoise Doors

4 comments

Dale Favier July 3, 2013

Oh my! I’m excited too.
- niya christine July 4, 2013
  
  Ha! Thank you Dale
kathy July 3, 2013

Here in No. California, we have red doors because of Feng Shui. I love doors of any color.
- niya christine July 4, 2013
  
  Yes, that’s right. And then there are the doors of Greece and Italy. Colors I’ve never seen before.

Monthly Inspirational Quotes

January: Coffee & Tea "Coffee. Creative lighter fluid." ~ Floyd Maxwell

February: Love & Character "Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition."
~ Alan Alda

March: Fabric & Flowers "Nobody sees a flower--really--it is so small--we haven't time--and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time." ~ Georgia O'Keefe

April: Cows & Canaries "Lots of people talk to animals...Not very many listen though...that's the problem.”
~ Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

May: Bunnies & Bicycles" "Be brave, little rabbit. Take a chance.” ~ Cherise Sinclair, Breaking Free

"When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.” ~ Margery Williams, "The Velveteen Rabbit"

June: Food & Wine “Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.” ~ Paulo Coelho, "Brida"

July: Wild Horses & Adobe Houses “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for.”
~ Georgia O'Keeffe

August: WILD{card} “A healthy woman is much like a wolf, strong life force, life-giving, territorially aware, intuitive and loyal. Yet separation from her wildish nature causes a woman to become meager, anxious, and fearful. The wild nature carries the medicine for all things. She carries stories, dreams, words and songs." ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes, "Women Who Run with Wolves.”

September: Quirks & Curiosities “In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day.” ~ Woody Allen

October: Dogs & Doors “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.” ― Tom Stoppard

“Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies.” ~ Gene Hill

November: Fish Fabulous “…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” ~ Mark Nepo