Orange of Summer

     As a rule, orange is not my color.  My skin tone has too much yellow or green and the color orange clashes, except when I have a dark tan. In college I made a lined suit that was orange.  Mother chose the fabric for me and I didn't like the suit at all because of the color and maybe, just maybe I wore it one time.

     However, the orange of summer excites me.  In the following collage are three things I look forward to every year; the butterfly weed, the orange daylily and the bright orange fungus that grows in my yard every year.  This fungus grows at the base of an oak tree and is the size of three dinner plates side by side.  It is enormous and always brings that bright orange color into a "green" yard.  Since we live in the woods there are very few plants that provide such a striking color.

     Then I thought about the color orange some more and remembered two more things that are orange that are my favorites. One is O.J. our cat who has no modesty at all. Carrots is the second thing with a drizzle of a mixture of melted butter, brown sugar and a dash of nutmeg onto them.Yummy! 

     Orange, I think I love you.