A Taste of Summer

A Taste of Summer, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

Treasures from the beach :-)

Three black stones

Three black stones, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

I've found these three stones in my drawer today. I like stones very much. They come in all sorts of colours, but I like their shapes and textures even more. These three are completely black. They are so smooth and pleasant to feel that I've decided to keep them on my desk as a stress-relief thing: twirl them around in my hand and the results are better than with any Chinese meditation balls :-)

Vision

Vision, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." (Hellen Keller)

Deliciously white

Deliciously white, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

I just love marshmallows :-)

Have you ever wondered what colours taste like?

Have you ever wondered what colours taste like?, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

"Thomas can't see colours, but he can hear them and smell them and touch them and taste them."
"Red is sour like unripe strawberries and as sweet as watermelon. It hurts when he finds it on his scraped knee."
(from: The Black Book of Colours by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria)

I ordered this book last week and it arrived yesterday. It's a very special book. It's called "The Black Book of Colours" and it's completely black, but it's about colours - about the way blind people experince colours. The book is written in Braille and it has black illustrations that you have to explore by touch. Of course, there's the white text for people to read, too, and the illustrations are visible, as well. The book connects the world of the blind and the world of the sighted people. It's fantastic! I just wish there were more such books available!

Pansies in our garden

Pansies in our garden, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

We planted these pansies last moth, when they were still very small and fragile. In a month, they have grown into big "bushes". We planted 10 bowls with these little flowers in a range of colours and the garden looks absolutely stunning :-)

Yellow princess

Yellow princess, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

We've always had irises in our garden. So far, we've had small violet ones, big dark-and-light violet ones and white ones. Last summer, we exchanged some plants with a neighbour. She gave us plants of several different colours and this yellow one was the first of the new irises to blossom. It's absolutely gorgeous!

Daisy

Daisy, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

The daisies in our garden are in full blossom :-)