Searching for Roy G Biv - 2015 Blogger's Choice

For the last month of Roy I've chosen multi coloured. December is also the month a number of us will be celebrating Christmas and I've picked just one image of this beautiful stained glass window of the Nativity.
This spectacular piece of craftsmanship with such exquisite details and colour which have jewel tones  is to be found in St. Stephen's Church in Ooty, the church where we went to each Sunday from boarding school. This piece must be at least a hundred years old and was probably crafted in England.
It's been a wonderful year of discovery with Roy in 2015. Thank you Julie and Jennifer for the opportunity to participate and share.
Wishing all of you a blessed Christmas and a new year which will usher in peace and harmony.

Julie and Jennifer will have links to posts all those participating this month in Roy if you're curious to see what colour others have chosen to showcase.

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Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Pink

The colour for November is Pink. I went through the gallery of pictures on my phone and found quite a few pinks.  

Our wooden deck one wet evening turned an unusual shade of pink in the afterglow of the setting sun. 

 The butcher's shop. green outside and pink inside!

 Double petal begonias which fell off the plant because of their weight and I put them in a small glass to enjoy them a little bit longer.

Beans. Each pod had different coloured beans. Quite amazing. Locally called Avarakai.

One more month for the end of this year. December is bloggers choice. I still have to decide which colour to showcase.

Check out Jennifer or Julie's blogs to view what participants this month have discovered and decided to share on their blogs.

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Serching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Grey

The colour Grey has been assigned for October and here's what I found.

This one is from my archives. A pigeon feather suspended in mid air. The feather got caught in a spider web and stayed suspended for a couple of weeks. In Bangalore there were many pigeons who had made the apartment building their home and I used to collect the pigeon feathers on my morning walks.

 Monsoon a fiber book I made earlier this year. Grey wood of the deck and grey shibori applique.

Grey granite paving stones edged with white river pebbles. This is in the driveway of a restaurant.

Metal dies in the second hand shop.

A stack of circular brushes for some industrial use.

There's just two months left this year. November and December.
To view the greys other participants of Roy have discovered this month, visit Julie and Jennifer's blogs.
See you next month with a selection of pinks.

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Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Metallic Gold

It's time for Roy once again and metallic gold it is. 

 Wrappers of butter toffee and the first lily to bloom in the garden. Unfortunately it got blown off its stem by the strong wind blowing one night.

Five rupee coins  glinting gold in the change bowl.

I'm late posting this month but the date just sneaked up on me.

To view more metallic gold finds visit Julie and Jennifer's blogs. In fact Jennifer will be updating the list of participants this month.
Where did eight months of this year go? Time seems to gather momentum as the year progresses and by September it's like a run away train. Whew!

January 15 - Red

February 19 - Orange

March 19 - Yellow

April 16 - Green

May 21 - Blue

June 18 - Indigo

July -16 - Violet

August 20 - Brown

September 17 - Gold

October 15 - Grey

November 19 - Pink

December 17 - Blogger's choice. 

So we're looking at grey next month and then there's just Pink and Blogger's choice.

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Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Brown

This month it's brown we're looking for and there's no dearth of it in my surroundings. Here's a selection of things which have been keeping me on my toes.

 

Trying to understand the secret lives of bees. The Queen bee surrounded by her courtiers. Our first attempt at bee keeping.   

Early morning visitors - Gaur or Bison, wandering through the pruned tea bushes.

White tea brewed from tea leaves plucked from the tea bushes before they were pruned.

 Rusty metal bits.
Julie and Jennifer are coordinating Roy G Biv and they list the participants each month on their blogs.
Gold is the colour we're going to be in search of in the month of September.Time just seems to fly.
January 15 - Red

February 19 - Orange

March 19 - Yellow

April 16 - Green

May 21 - Blue

June 18 - Indigo

July -16 - Violet

August 20 - Brown

September 17 - Gold

October 15 - Grey

November 19 - Pink

December 17 - Blogger's choice.

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Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Violet

I'm terribly late this month.
This picture is from my archives. A picture of a Chihulysque type glass chandelier.
Dale Chihuly creates magic with glass. I have a couple of his books and I got to view some of the magic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Julie and Jennifer have a list of all those who've joined the hunt this month.
We may have come to the end of Roy G Biv but the search goes on until the end of the year with the search for Brown, Gold, Grey, Pink and Blogger's choice.

2015

January 15 - Red

February 19 - Orange

March 19 - Yellow

April 16 - Green

May 21 - Blue

June 18 - Indigo

July -16 - Violet

August 20 - Brown

September 17 - Gold

October 15 - Grey

November 19 - Pink

December 17 - Blogger's choice.

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Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Indigo

 I love the colour indigo.

It's this love for the colour which got us an indigo blue front door.

Time for Roy G Biv and we're looking for Indigo this month.  Julie and Jennifer have a list of people who have joined the hunt for Indigo this month.  

What up next - Violet

2015

January 15 - Red

February 19 - Orange

March 19 - Yellow

April 16 - Green

May 21 - Blue

June 18 - Indigo

July -16 - Violet

August 20 - Brown

September 17 - Gold

October 15 - Grey

November 19 - Pink

December 17 - Blogger's choice.

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Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Blue

Time for Roy G Biv this month has rolled around.

I've had to dive into my archives for some pictures and others were snapped with my phone in the last couple of days.

On the highway between Bangalore and Mysore which we travelled on frequently in the past three years.Small trucks transporting cows was a common sight.

Men drinking tea and reading the newspaper early in the morning at a small tea stall somewhere on the Bangalore Mysore highway.I took this picture for the moulded plastic chairs. These inexpensive, easy to maintain, stackable chairs are everywhere, I'm taking pictures of these chairs inorder to document the varied environments these chairs are found in. 

Flaking wall painted with the address of a store. 

Blue window frames of a building I pass on the road home.

Julie and Jennifer are curating the blog hop. Visit their blogs to discover all the blues people participating have found this month. 
We'll be looking for Indigo next month. Here's the list of colours we'll be looking for in the months to come.

2015

January 15 - Red

February 19 - Orange

March 19 - Yellow

April 16 - Green

May 21 - Blue

June 18 - Indigo

July -16 - Violet

August 20 - Brown

September 17 - Gold

October 15 - Grey

November 19 - Pink

December 17 - Blogger's choice.

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 As an affiliate, Flipkart and Amazon will pay me a small percentage of the total amount you spend.You will not be paying anything extra. Thank you.

Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Green

I'm late posting pictures for Roy this month.

Julie's reminder on Wednesday had me scrambling to see what I had.

Packing up and relocating lock stock and barrel means we've been eating out quite a bit and I've discovered a fair amount of green in the gallery on my phone.

So what do I have.  

 Great pizza place Onesta, which recently opened in the neighbourhood which I am going to miss

 I ordered the thin crust pesto and prawn pizza.

 Dahi vada garnished with curry leaves and coriander. Perfect for the hot summer.

 Some green in the menu at Cafe Terra.

My order of spinach, corn and cheese sandwich.

Join in the fun. The list below gives you the date when you need to post upto five photographs.
Julie and Jennifer are curating the blog hop.

2015

January 15 - Red

February 19 - Orange

March 19 - Yellow

April 16 - Green

May 21 - Blue

June 18 - Indigo

July -16 - Violet

August 20 - Brown

September 17 - Gold

October 15 - Grey

November 19 - Pink

December 17 - Blogger's choice.

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Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Yellow

 Grafitti

At the Natural Dye Bazaar in Chennai.

The sources of natural dyes - roots, flowers, minerals and two handmade hot wax applicators.

 Leaves and shadows.

Summer is here.


Up to the challenge? Come join our merry band of colour hunters. We're looking for Green next. To view what others found in the search of yellow click here or here.

2015

January 15 - Red

February 19 - Orange

March 19 - Yellow

April 16 - Green

May 21 - Blue

June 18 - Indigo

July -16 - Violet

August 20 - Brown

September 17 - Gold

October 15 - Grey

November 19 - Pink

December 17 - Blogger's choice.

A Pocketful of Stars

I'm attempting to fold Senbazuru or one thousand origami cranes. I'm doing this with flyers which I get  along with the newspaper each morning, movie theaters and I really get lucky when a stack gets left at the reception of our apartment building.

Using the flyers is an attempt to recycle material. In Japan you get a senbazuru kit which includes a thousand pieces of paper, string and beads.

From the rectangular flyers I get a square piece of paper to make my crane and what's left over is another smaller rectangle of paper which I disposed off in the recycle bin.

A couple of weeks back I got lucky with a big stack of flyers which took my count of folded cranes well past hundred. The large stack of flyers left me with a impressive quantity of the smaller rectangles of paper. It then struck me to challenge the recycling idea and find ways to use all of the flyer to create something pretty or useful.

Staying with origami I decided to learn how to make different types of modular origami stars. my inspiration - Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket , save it for a rainy day. 

Here's what I've learnt to fold to date ( in descending order) - the transforming ninja star, origami star 'tico', origami spinning star,  the fourth one is also the origami star tico with sixteen points which looks different when flipped over.   

In the picture above the star with eight points is a variation of the origami star tico.
Non of these require glue and are simple to fold and create.

Do you have a recycling story to share? Do tell, I'm interested.
Now back on the road to discovery and snagging more stars. There will be a sequel or two to come.

Have a good week.

Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Orange

It's February already and here's what I found, searching for orange.

Hand painted advertisement for a travel agency.

The hisbiscus is a favourite of mine. There are so many different varieties and colours. One, more beautiful than the other.

Musk melon for breakfast.

 Roses floating in a huge vessel.

Glass bangles and an orange broom handle.

Julie and Jennifer will have a list of bloggers who are participating this month. Get yourself a cup of tea and enjoy a blog hop discovering orange.

Why don't you participate? Yellow is up next.  

2015

January 15 - Red

February 19 - Orange

March 19 - Yellow

April 16 - Green

May 21 - Blue

June 18 - Indigo

July -16 - Violet

August 20 - Brown

September 17 - Gold

October 15 - Grey

November 19 - Pink

December 17 - Blogger's choice.

Searching for Roy G Biv 2015 - Red

Happy new year. Hope the new year is treating you well.

For the past two years I have been participating in the search for Roy G Biv and the discovery of different colours each month are there to see on Million Little Stitches. 

Jennifer and Julie co-ordinate this fun activity. 

Beginning 2015 with red, here's what I discovered.

Reflection in a red glass wall at a mall. 

Somebody must love strawberries.

I don't know the name of this shrub but the flowers are delightful.

Lemon tarts, who doesn't love them.

Pointsettia 

 Plum cake.

I hope you'll consider joining the search for Roy G Biv 2015. Each month has been assigned a colour (see list below), all you have to do is post five photographs featuring the colour on your blog on the third Thursday of the month.( the list below has the date on which you need to post your finds) 

The blog hop to see what each one has found is a treat. Here's a list of colours we'll be looking for in the coming months. 

2015

January 15 - Red

February 19 - Orange

March 19 - Yellow

April 16 - Green

May 21 - Blue

June 18 - Indigo

July -16 - Violet

August 20 - Brown

September 17 - Gold

October 15 - Grey

November 19 - Pink

December 17 - Blogger's choice.

Visit Julie or Jennifer's blogs for a list of other participants.