Think Pink (is Pink the new Black?)

I've been waiting to decorate the front of my house for months, but due to the rain this has been impossible! Well, that wish has finally been granted. The last two weeks of unbroken sunshine (albeit a little cold) have enabled my decorator to paint the outside of my home. From white with racing-green shutters to a very very pale off-white with a touch of pink. And the shutters - very pale pink (very, very pale). It is not a dolls house! Then of course I had to change my window boxes and they are now (you guessed it) pale and bright pink. As one approaches my home there seems to be a haze of colour around it, which I love.

This is all well and good, but have I gone too far? I had my manuicure yesterday and in the pink fog in which I find myself (I have always liked to view the world through rose-tinted glasses), I dismissed the dark nails in favour of pink! Now I'm struggling - I must state that I've not worn a colour like this for years (well, it could be just ages) but yesterday it seemed fresh and vital. Well, the jury is still out... I know it's only nail varnish and it can be changed in a moment but I'm not of the mind to give in. I must confess it seems slightly radical and although it's only pink/cerise, I feel it's a big statement. Can pink make a difference to me? Well I've always liked pink flowers and I do like the front of my home but have I inadvertantly tipped myself over the edge. Only time will tell...

I must take this moment to reflect on the fate of L'Wren Scott. A very stylish woman who designed clothes for (like herself) the ruthlessly thin. And maybe this is the problem. I really hope that her suicide was simply not the fact of a failing fashion line. Was she ill? Was there trouble in her relationship with Sir Mick Jagger? Was she a Depressive? Whatever it was, it's a terrible fate to have to hang oneself. Is this life we live to blame? Will we ever know? I doubt it...

It is very sad and, well, what is one to say? Can we not, in our society, be kinder and more forgiving to those who are unable to be perfect and have flaws as we all do? Like the strictness imposed by her clothes maybe if they had been more forgiving, softer, she herself might have. We'll never know...

Keep enjoying the sun.

Happy Shopping.