Monday, October 28, 2013

windows, Barrio Viejo









The Barrio Viejo (old neighborhood) in Tucson is filled with charming adobe houses painted the colors of Easter eggs and Jordan almonds. Tucson is only an hour's drive from Mexico, and that influence is everywhere--food, architecture, music, art, clothes... I was in heaven with a taqueria on every corner. People were very friendly too. I took a lot more pictures of the houses, and will post them another time.

I can't decide if I want a lime green house with pink trim, or a pink house with lime green trim. And a yellow door. (And if the house is pink, what shade?)

See a great slideshow of colorful towns here.
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31 comments:

  1. Emilie's daughterOctober 28, 2013 at 2:45 AM

    Happy windows! They make a great post! Christa

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  2. haricotOctober 28, 2013 at 3:17 AM

    I like windows. I sometimes compose some tanka poems looking through the windows, from a room,from the train and in a tearoom and so on...

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    1. JenOctober 28, 2013 at 1:24 PM


      I love that imagery, and what a wonderful idea--framing your poems, in a way.

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  3. valerietilsten59.blogspot.comOctober 28, 2013 at 7:25 AM

    Great Bairro windows. I love to see them. love the colour of the homes.
    lots of fun and laughter in their homes.
    Thanks Jen. really nice.
    val xx

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  4. ParnassusOctober 28, 2013 at 9:24 AM

    Hi Jen, The sun-drenched quality of those windows and colors is very appealing. Maybe later you could do an equivalent series of New England windows for contrast--the North has its charms also.
    --Jim

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  5. An Urban CottageOctober 28, 2013 at 10:44 AM

    Very cool. I love the lime green house with the teal windows but I think the light green plantings add to the scheme.

    It's been years since I've been in Tucson. It had a really positive energy. I know that sounds a little cuckoo but I think you know what I mean.

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    1. JenOctober 28, 2013 at 1:27 PM

      Tucson is filled with people who come from different places and love it--which I think contributes to that energy. Also having the university right in town.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 28, 2013 at 10:55 AM

    I think a pink house would be a happy house...you could probably just feel it smiling! My neighbors have a pink door and I love it! All you see here is browns and gray...influenced by the farm dirt, I guess. :)

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    1. JenOctober 28, 2013 at 1:28 PM

      I desperately wanted to paint my door pink--instead went with safe deep red. :(

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  7. Things and ThoughtsOctober 28, 2013 at 11:39 AM

    Really charming,I'm keen on colors, they make me happy!

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  8. AnonymousOctober 28, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    oh, definitely a yellow door. and I think a dark pink. I like full colours. pastels are strange when-I-grow-up-I-become-a-colour things...

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  9. AmeliaOctober 28, 2013 at 4:45 PM

    I love these colors, that lime green is gorgeous. These colors though only work on adobes and the southwest. Imagine these in the Northeast, it would look plain old crazy.

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  10. Susan ~ Southern FascinationsOctober 28, 2013 at 11:36 PM

    So pretty! The colors are wonderful! I admire the free spirits who go with their bliss regardless of location and paint to suite their taste. We have an up the street neighbor whose house is very traditional, but painted coral! One of my favorite older stucco homes in town is pretty in pink. Love the lime and teal! More, please... Susan

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    1. JenOctober 29, 2013 at 9:16 AM

      I do have more I'll share soon. I agree about those free spirits!

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  11. leaves on the Raney TreeOctober 29, 2013 at 2:06 AM

    But the important question is - who's cat sitting?

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    1. JenOctober 29, 2013 at 9:17 AM

      You have your priorities right! My son Luke took care of the cats. (He loves them at least as much as I do.)

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  12. cedarmerefarmOctober 29, 2013 at 10:30 AM

    Hi Jen,
    So beautiful! I would love to live in a neighborhood like that. We have a little cottage by the water in Maryland. I once painted our cottage light turquoise with coral windows. But the poor cottage is in the wrong neighborhood for those colors!!!
    Christa

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    1. JenOctober 29, 2013 at 6:59 PM

      Turrquoise and coral is a beautiful combo (I have such bracelets on my wrist.) I think of a Maryland cottage as oyster and driftwood. Live in Annapolis as a kid (in a red ranch house).

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  13. In My Wild EdenOctober 29, 2013 at 2:43 PM

    Beautiful colors and beautiful windows. I can't wait to see the houses!

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    1. JenOctober 29, 2013 at 7:00 PM

      I feel like I should keep them for a grey day. But it's always grey somewhere...

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  14. MiseOctober 29, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    These are beautiful colours and windows, and I am full of envy as I reach for my paint catalogue and brushes. Old-school cheerfulness is what I call that look.

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    1. JenOctober 29, 2013 at 7:00 PM

      I seem to recall that you have a colorful door and window frames on your charming Irish cottage.

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  15. LindaOctober 29, 2013 at 8:55 PM

    Hi Jen....
    I arrived here from Sarah's lovely blog...
    Your Photography is beautiful...
    Love the blue shutters...reminds me of my cottage at the Lake...
    Wonderful blog..♥

    Cheers!
    Linda :o)

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  16. LeeAnn at Mrs Black's October 30, 2013 at 10:43 AM

    Such lovely images, and colours! Much inspiration here. Thank you for sharing! x

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  17. rachelNovember 1, 2013 at 7:55 AM

    Aren't those windows and walls just wonderful? Sadly, not colours suited to our cool Northern skies, but what a tonic on a dull day!

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