And long may it last! I love green, and lucky me, it is a colour I can wear. For years, fashion know-it-alls said it was a colour to avoid; it made you look sallow. Well, that was a load of untruth.
As I sit in Café Bureau having a latté, I see the wonderful serving counter, which is a kind of aggregate collection of silver and green. And I know it is special as one of the co-owners told me how it was poured in situ in one sweeping go. It is beautiful. And at my table, the chair is a soft green shade and the saucer too – a little darker in the same tone. And then a happy moment as a young lady has just come in looking fab. A neat black top and a full mid-length skirt in green – perfect.
I admire many African clothes and fabrics that have browns and blacks and green and splashes of gold. Worn with great panache.
And have you seen the green cars – the new shinny ones? Very lovely shades of green, some a soft mossy colour, others a soft khaki, many shades in subtle tones. And just a little note, my new hiking shoes for the Camino are that green soft khaki colour.
And green is reassuring. I mean there is the whole environmental messaging and now look at the emergency fire-exit signs. They are no longer that bilious red but green with a green running figure on a flag-like background. Green to inspire confidence and action.
(Dear readers, I will be telling you all about my Camino in a future post)