jerusalem started a week of posting in color last week sometime and it didn’t cross my mind to join in the fun until today, when the color was green.

i love green. it’s my favorite. in just about any shade. our painter looked at me funny when i gave him the grass green color i wanted for our playroom. but i love it.

this year our entire family will be wearing starbucks green for easter, in many different versions. dressing up (and alike) for easter is one of those beautiful southern traditions that i embrace every year with joy. the heralding of spring with pastels and happy frills. new life. the resurrection acted out everywhere. everything turning green and popping leaves. large glassy rhododendron leaves that reflect the sunlight are the usual setting for our easter gathering. my parents’ front yard. two years ago, and many years to come.

we were in lime green two years ago, and even though i was pregnant (i think simon must have been born later that day in fact), i was happy to be in green.

so, i say with dolly.

get out your feathers, your patent leathers.

your beads and buckles and bows.

’cause there’s no blue monday in your sunday clothes.