Thank god for Rain

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Prompt 2: Orange
Orange is a warm color that is associated with a variety of things including: excitement, vitality, invincibility, speed, vigilance, dedication, loyalty, family, success, friendship, power, change, harvest, and warmth.

I have to say, orange isn't my favorite color. I don't hate it but it's one I do not gravitate to. Of course it does have things to recommend it. Oranges themselves for instance and the color of a sunset (I'm not a sunrise sort of person).

When I think of orange, I think of flowers and clay flower pots. I think of absolutely nothing in my house that is orange. My undergraduate university were the yellow jackets and instead of being yellow and black (which would have made sense since we're near Pittsburgh and that's the Steelers/Pirates colors) it was orange and black. It wouldn't have been so bad if it had been black with orange highlights. No it was the other way around. My marching band uniform was a revolutionary war sort of thing in pumpkin orange and black piping. Ugh.

I own one shirt that's orange, just one and it's a Halloween thing.

Which brings me to the thing I like best about Orange. HALLOWEEN. My favorite holiday. Pumpkins, witches, all sorts of things in orange and black. I own so much of that, love it all. And I always want more Halloween.

Fandom wise wow, there's not much that comes to mind other than the Joker with his orange shirt or vest depending on who was drawing him. Fandom wise orange is a void.

So have some flowers and other orange things around the house


red-orange day lily


giant clay pot


light peach orange day lily


different red-orange day lily at my parents


close up of day lily


Got this one for Mom at Lilyfest


one of my favorite orange flowers, the type that leads to zucchini


more orange day lilies


Dad's Kubota, that's pretty orange (and so is the camera taking the picture)


another day lily


Daylily that's 2 oranges

Today it was 98 degrees with a feel of 112. I helped the parents move furniture onto the newly repainted balcony. Helping dad, I dislocate my thumb, helping Mom she slices across my Achilles tendon. Come evening it rained so hard and it cooled off 20 degrees, thank god.