pink!

The color pink is a mix of red's passion and white's purity, a combination that symbolizes love, nurturing, and compassion. In Western cultures pink is the color for femininity, love, romance, caring, and tenderness.

Going along the feminity route...what do you think of this Pepto-Bismol pink bathroom? Sure does knock your eyes out! This gas station bathroom was a regular stop on I-75 just south of Lima when we drove to Findlay. The gas was always less expensive at this station. One time my curiosity got the best of me and I peeked in the men's bathroom to see if it was painted an equally obnoxious shade of blue. It wasn't. It was beige. 

Pink Nestle Quik. When my daughter was a little girl, she did not like plain white milk. Her favorite color was pink so in a desperate mom moment, why not get her to drink milk by turning it pink? Yes, Nestle Quik was loaded with sugar, but I found that by using about a half teaspoon of the Quik, it turned the milk pink and changed the flavor just enough where she would drink it. At first she wasn't too sure about this and I would say, "Here, try some, try some!" Pretty soon she asked for her Pink Trysome.

At the farmer's market, a row of cosmos line the exit driveway. These colorful, daisy-like flowers sit atop long, slender stems and bloom from summer through fall. They attract birds, bees, and butterflies. I'm going to plant some in my garden in the spring.

One of Todd's mom's signature salads or desserts (depending on when you wanted to eat it) at Thanksgiving was "Pink Salad." It's a light and fluffy and creamy mixture of cottage cheese, strawberry Jell-O, crushed pineapple and Cool Whip. So '70s but so good. Maybe I'll revive this salad when the fam is home for Thanksgiving.

Pink is also the color to announce the birth of a baby girl. On Saturday our little grandson FaceTimed with us and told Didi and Grandpa he's going to have a sister! Grandbaby #3 is due in mid-March. What a beautiful start to this season of gratitude. WE ARE TICKLED PINK!