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Fresh threshold/geranium
I just had my two front porches painted a gorgeous red. I’d give you a photo, but the color on your computers would probably not match the creamy, dreamy richness of Benjamin Moore geranium in Low Lustre Moorgard (with a lifetime warranty!). When a friend of mine came over the other night, she noticed. She said something like, “How do you keep the porch so clean?” When I gave “new paint” as the answer, she asked me for information about the paint. That’s how great it looks and feels. Many–most?–porches in Tucson, when painted, are some version of terra cotta, and the color is often very faded, similar to the pale, muddy orange that my porches used to be. They had been painted long long ago, way before I lived here.
Every summer my father bought a bright red geranium for a planter on the back patio. Bright reds can be harsh, even in flowers. His choice was a mellow red–brilliant and comforting. Like the beauty that my front porches have become.
And depending on the time of day, geranium casts a warm pink reflection on the white walls of my home.
New color energizes the threshold. I and others enter and leave with a freshened spirit.
Those porches sound lush and delightful, like lipstick carefully applied to the face of your house. mmmmm mmmm mmmm…
There is probably something extra exciting about the red color. Geraniums are really difficult to cultivate, making it all the more delicious to savor.