White Wednesday

Out for a drive a couple of weeks ago, I spotted this door and just had to stop and take a picture.  Simple and sweet, it called to me, causing me to wonder what type of people live there, laughing and crying, living and toiling, ordinary people no doubt - but hopefully they experience moments of great contentment as well, the kind of contentment that their door seems to symbolize.

"There are no words more simply sweet

than Home and Love."

Robert William Service

Following White Wednesday at Faded Charm Cottage.

White Wednesday

It's White Wednesday again over at Faded Charm Cottage.

Here are a few of the "whites" that caught my eye this past week.

A white cottage on the edge of a sparkling blue lake (Lake Erie).

A sweet white colt rolling in the grass beside its Mummy.

Pure white water lilies in a pond full of frogs and dragonflies.

White Wednesday

Today I am following White Wednesday at Faded Charm for the first time. Even though I am addicted to riotous colours of all sorts, I love the simplicity of white. It has an elegance and serenity about it that is very calming.

So last evening I set out on a treasure hunt to find things that are white, but specifically I was looking for items that evoke feelings of peacefulness and tranquility. The fact that it was a beautiful sunny evening with a soft summer breeze helped put me in the right frame of mind. And then suddenly, all around me, I began to spot things that are white ...