Tuesday, March 25, 2008

A pinch of Pink


                                 

pink    [pink] Pronunciation Key - noun, adjective, -er, -est.–noun

1.a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
2.any of several plants of the genus Dianthus, as the clove pink or carnation.
3.the flower of such a plant; carnation.





Come spring and pink dominates the mountainside. In Fuchsias, purples, almost crimson and magentas to peaches and softer pinks of the Bauhinia, Cherry blossom, Camellia, Azalea the gorgeous Magnolia and a bunch of flowers I've yet to know names for.



Brown hopeless trees burst with a passion unknown to December- populating their branches with blooms of every shade possible in the family.


The profusion of blooms tells you Holi is near. A festival of colours and deeply etched memories of loved faces smeared in shocking-pink Gulal.

For all my love of the colour, I've always been too chicken to surround my self with too much of it.
In its vibrant, more pure shades, pink  dominates and  hogs a lot of attention. It is clearly a colour for the less faint hearted.
Unable to resist, I  tend to use a little bit of pink around the house this time of the year, but in very small pinches...

 

In a heap of blossoms on my puja thali.

 

In a little bit of bougainvillea at 
the feet of a stone Ganpati.

  

In a rose bowl at the feet of my beloved Buddha.


With black .. lots and lots of black. 
Blacks and earthy browns 
tone and also enhance the richness of pink.
Like lotuses set at the feet of a black marble shiv-linga,  a rosebud tucked into neatly braided tressess.



With blue for they go hand in hand. 
Pink swathed trees always come with a blue sky above. like a pink sari drying on a turquoise blue roof top in Jodhpur.

 

With Jade green, 
reminiscent of chinese silk, jewel tones set againts lustrous pottery.


In a tiny gravy pot on the book shelf. 

 

With some more celadon green and evening tea for two.

16 comments:

Sherri said...

I just love this post! So lovely. Your photography has set a calming mood for me this morning.

Thanks also for your comments - I'm homesick also even though I've only visited India, but I feel it is still my home, says my Indian heart.

Chandan said...

Shireena,
What you said speaks of a big heart..! I hope you take many long holidays and get your fill of India in time..
cheers. ;-)
Chandan

Archana Srinivas Pottery said...

Gorgeousness:-))

Here is the link to Pink as well as my little stone ganesha:-)

We have lots in common:-) Glad to have met you on Flickr:-))

http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/1133389624/in/set-72157601495405771/


http://rangdecor.blogspot.com/2007/11/diwali-ki-shubhkamnayen-3112007.html

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~ ॐ ~ said...

Looovely post...

wonderful pictures, and super words !!!

Chandan said...

Thanks Archana and Prashant..!
Will chec out the links Archana your blog is delightful..

Chandan

A said...

Lovely!

have u clicked them?

shelley said...

Very nice post. I love Azaleas. We have a few pink ones growing in our garden - unfortunately they only flower once a year in September.

Chandan said...

Shelly, Yes Azaleas are truly pretty..
Anjuli, I did I did... tks for dropping in..

~mE said...

lovely thanks for visiting me..you have got a beautiful blog :)

Jagriti said...

beautiful post chandan...filled me with peace and a beautiful feeling...keep these posts rolling..!

pRiyA said...

beautiful shots. love the colour and arrangements.

Here, There, Elsewhere... and more said...

Stunning photos ! Thanks for sharing :)

PreeOccupied said...

Beautiful!

A pinch of pink added so much color. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful i love cherry blossoms.

Anonymous said...

I love this so traditional.




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