Oh Mexico!
Recently I had my first visit to Mexico. Now I get it!
Now I understand why it’s so inspiring! It’s about colour; deep, strong and unabashed color. Oh, we’re such a restrained culture. Really, you
have to get out to the East coast before you start to see some decent brightly
coloured houses in Canada!
Imagine living in a butter-yellowtown? This is Izamel on the Yucatan. It also had a huge egg-yolk-yellow
Franciscan monastery with red doors.
These pink glowing arches were in the courtyard of the monastery.
And, of course there are the graveyards! I’d love to be buried in such
a cheerful graveyard! My regular walk with the dog is through our local cemetery.
Uniform granite markers in sombre black, white, grey, and occasionally, rose. It’s restful, serious and sad. Imagine being overseen by this bright peach
chapel? How up lifting I found this Mexican cemetery. Hmmm….I wonder what it would be liketo have one of these little colourful houses plunked in the middle of one of our
graveyards.
The tiny stones laid the pink wall of this hotel reminded me of quilting patterns. Now I get why quilters are crazy for Mexico! the the color, the texture and the amazing compositions!
Have you been inspired by Mexico’s colour? Do you have brightly
coloured buildings where you live?
Tonight I’m off to London to see the V&A quilt show! I’ll write about that in a couple of weeks. Happy spring!
Wonderful, Valerie! Yes, color is the key and I don’t understand why we, in the United States, are so uptight about sticking to greys and raw brick. I remember once when some Brazilian friends came to visit and they felt that the houses all looked unfinished.
Have a great trip to England! Sounds like a wonderful, inspiring time!
There’s something, too, about the intense color in the sun. It just sings with joy. And the reflective colors are so wonderful too. Does it make you want to paint your house? Thank you for sharing your photos!
The colours are awesome. We have so many brightly coloured houses in Africa that we seem to take the colours for granted. Painting houses in bright colours is also part of our ethnic culture.
HI Val
Nice to see that you are writing in your blog again. I have a hard time getting into facebook with my dial-up –
Hope that you have a great trip to England, and thanks so much for the amazing photos of Mexico.
xx
what a treat to see your photos of Mexico and the colours! i liked your comments also.
Wonderful pictures Valerie – I love Mexico and her peoples. I’m thankful that I live on the East Coast of Canada and can see colour around me. I just painted my screen doors bright pink and the neighbourhood is abuzz.
Happy travels and I’m loking forward to our visit when you get back.
I am sure you enjoyed the V & A, it was good to see quilts set out on beds so you could see them as they were meant to be seen.
If you have not been yet, make sure you visit the ironwork gallery for quilting pattern ideas
sue morris
Wow tha place is like a riot of colours, its beautiful. The UK is far to subdued imo.
Great pictures!! Would love to see more neighborhoods in CA like this. Many of the middle and upper-class neighborhoods have strict rules that everything must be earth tones. Kind of ironic that the land of the “free individual” frequently does not allow this type of self-expression. Only time you find splashes of color is driving through the many Latino neighborhoods in the region.
I love your post about Mexico and its color, welcome to México.
Thanks for your beautiful comments about my country!! I feel proud being part of this culture. Thanks again.
Marissa in Mexico
🙂
You’re most welcome Marissa. My pleasure indeed! Hope I get back to your beautiful country.
Indeed is very colorful country and the food is also colored and spicy and their culture so full of history and traditions 🙂