White is Monday's color

If you know me, you know my favorite color is white. It calms me.

White is the color of purity.

White means kindness.

White is Monday's color.

White daisies are a symbol of loyal love. (That is so sweet - I did not know that!)

Strictly speaking, white is not a color, but the manifestation of the presence of all color - the complete energy of light. It stands for wholeness and completion. In many cultures it represents openness and truth. 

Put some white in your life when you want: 

• to clear clutter and obstacles away
• to start a fresh beginning
• to bring about mental clarity

Friday night I was reminded of another reason why I love white:

Spiders and other crawling things are visible.

(Disclosure: Heather G. -  if you are reading this you will not want to see what I am going to show you next!)

blurry photo from my iPhone

Friday night I went in to my room to get ready for bed and when I turned on the light, THIS went running (and I mean running!) across my bed. Can I tell you how grateful I am for my white bedding that allowed me to see him? I was even more grateful that I was able to catch him. I promise you I would not have been able to sleep in that bed if I hadn't. As it was, I spent an hour vacuuming underneath and all around my bed - so hoping he didn't have a family anywhere near. Yikes.

This is a better image to leave you with ...

Happy Monday everyone!

images via , facts about white taken from here

The power of white

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I am at the finishing stages of several large renovations I have been working on all summer. All of them have a few things still undone - rugs to be delivered, artwork to be placed and chandeliers hung - little things but just enough to keep me from being able to close the books on the projects, so to speak ... or to take photographs to show you. I am "dying" to show you what I have been working on. I am also trying to get everything completed so that I can take some time off towards the end of September and the beginning of October because my daughter is going to have her first child and our first grandchild!  

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I have also just started a few short-term smaller projects that are keeping me very busy - a nursery (no, not my daughter's), a bathroom remodel, and a living room re-design project. All of these things (work and family and basically life in general) require me to stay focused on what needs to get done everyday, be organized and somehow be able to be inspired. It is not always easy. Getting enough sleep helps. And for me, a clean and uncluttered space is crucial. 

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I think it is almost like the cleansing of your palate before tasting a new wine, this need I have to be able to clear my mind from all that is inside in order to create. And white does that for me. It calms me; it gives my mind rest. 

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