Yesterday I wrote about the Blue Man Group, my affinity for blue, my reticence to post entries on the blog, and introduced you to my nephew who looks great in blue.
Simultaneously, I realized it was time to redress Sophia, my art mannikin, and at the Torrance Salvation Army on Saturday I found her a nice spring dress with shades of blue for $5. Yesterday at the Redondo Beach S.A. I found a gossamer blue scarf for $2. She likes blue, too. The necklace is mine and so is the flower clip in her hair.
She will continue to wear this outfit until Cinco de Mayo or whatever I find next at the thrifts or I recycle one of her six outfits. This dress is a size 4 and it's big on Sophia. I can remember when I dressed in those single digit dresses; it has been a very long time!
When I first started dressing Sophia last fall, some of my family and friends thought I had passed over the boundaries of eccentricity.
But, I'll admit, I'm far more comfortable being eccentric now that I'm 71. Who is going to refuse to hang out with me because I'm "Weird Grandma?" I don't live with a man although it is men who initially are jarred when they see Sophia. On the other hand, a few of them have asked for photos with my girl.
Speaking of grandkids, I spent play time with Henry and Fritz, 6 and 4 1/2, yesterday afternoon and today I took Whitney to her college when her car wouldn't start and then we went out to lunch. She's 22. Afterwards, I went in to visit my grandson Anthony, now 20, and romped with Spooky and Justice, his pit bulls (which he did not have when he lived with me.)
So, now here's the challenge. Can you name 10 songs with blue in the title? No fair Googling. The song going through my head doesn't actually have blue, but implies it: Mood Indigo.
