Crazy About Blue

In my work as a photographer, I'm often drawn to shades of blue in nature, especially when green is there to complement it.

Explore more at bbrunophotography, where there's plenty of blue in every shade.

I grow Delphiniums in my flower garden. They grow on tall stalks and I love how the blossoms open up slowly, then last a longtime. I took this photo one July, and the deep blues make me happy. That's what blue does for me--it lifts my spirit and makes me grateful for all the beauty God put into this world of ours.

At my Etsy photography/art shop, I've added another lovely print of a Blue Delphinium. It's yours for the asking.

Did you know, some languages don't have a word for both green and blue. They combine the two into one word. For example, the Scots have a word for blue-grey blae. Homer of Ancient Greece described the sea as being "wine dark". There wasn't a word in those days for a clear description of sea-blue or sky-blue.

Our modern English word blue comes from Middle English, bleu or blwe, which came from an Old French word bleu of Germanic origin, blao, which translates "shining." Read more at Wikipedia. (Apparently the world has had a long-standing love affair with this color.)

I enjoy learning about word origins, but frankly don't care what we call this many-hued color. When it's attached to a perfectly beautiful outing like this scene on the Oregon coast, that's my kinda blue!