GREEN - The color of life -
a symbol of hope and fertility,
the color of inexperience and youth,
of jealousy and sickness-
the best and the worst of life-
........from the Old English word 'growan'-
meaning to grow
Leafy greens , fresh and enticing on the Green Grocer's shelf
INTERIOR DESIGN-ORLANDO DIAZ
The fresh green of the rye grass centerpiece
brings the room to life
With March and St Patrick's Day around the corner the pinks and reds of February have faded into the
the fresh greens of spring...
Shamrocks , the symbol of Ireland
Green as a color is a neutral that mixes well with everything.
Straight from nature gorgeous color palettes evolve
The dusty grey of stone and the taupe of weathered
wood have high contrast to green grass and moss
A soft pink stone house is set off like a fine jewel
against a velvet field of grass
The bright colors of Gypsy wagons are even more vibrant
against the green of the field they are encamped on
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| Giving new meaning to GREEN ROOM, artist Neil Jones finds inspiration sleeping in his vegetable garden in London |
Ruins of an ancient castle gather moss alongside the
natural boulders buried into the surrounding soil
"A rolling stone gathers no moss"
...so plant a boulder or two in a shady corner
of your garden.
Moss will grow where other things may not flourish.
There is much lore around the color green
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| Supposedly the pigment in green M&M's is an aphrodisiac |
The ancient Egyptians believed it was the color of power and protection
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| The God, Isis is known as "The Great Green" Look at the picture below and see if you don't agree that the set coloration was inspired by the ancient painting of Isis |
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| CLEOPATRA 1963 Starring ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND RICHARD BURTON Where are those M&M's ??? Notice that Cleo is wearing GREEN- now the Egyptian national color The movie however, was a disaster on many levels. A $2 million dollar budget became a $44 million budget ($300 mil in today's dollars) and bankrupted 20th Century Fox That's a whole lot of 'GREEN'  Liz almost died during the filming and the love affair between her and Richard Burton became an international scandal that destroyed their two existing marriages |
RICHARD BURTON
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
These photos were taken when the actors were very young and quite "green"
Their gorgeous faces could make us all "green" with envy
Richard presented Liz with a Bulgari Emerald broach upon their engagement. The rest of the set was hers shortly after they were married.
EMERALDS- the most precious of all gem stones symbolize hope and optimism-
certainly a good way to start a marriage but not sure it worked for Taylor-Burton
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Napoleon had the bed in his army tent draped in Emerald Green, Perhaps he learned of the symbolic power and protection of the color on his campaign to Egypt. How chic is the combination of leopard carpet, Indienne print cotton and Emerald green taffetta silk ?!? Madame Castaing would have approved.   DESIGN- ROSE TARLOW A mix of Prussian blue glassware with lettuce green ceramic plates, has added sophistication with the a dispaly of green Hydrangeas
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