Ponceau

ponceau: poppy red

Hello! So, this one's about poppies. Well, actually, the color, but poppies are cool enough to be this whole post's topic. The reason I chose ponceau was because, when I was in 5th grade, I was a munchkin in the local high school's musical (The Wizard of Oz). It was super awesome, and I had so much fun. But, there was the one part where the Wicked Witch poisoned the poppies to make Dorothy et al. fall asleep. In our version, the Wicked Witch sprayed a perfume bottle and said "Poppies! Poppies! Poppies!" It was wicked (haha, I'm so punny). So, that scene is actually what comes to mind when I think of poppies. Well, that and Inkheart (Cornelia Funke). And the Warriors series. But I won't get into those now...

So, again, I don't have a prompt, but yeah. Writing. It's good for you. Do it!

Ianthine

ianthine: violet-colored

Hello dear readers who have not given up hope on me yet! I'm so terribly sorry that I haven't written in forever. Seriously. Can you find it somewhere in your lovely hearts to forgive me?

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So, now that we've cleared that up :) let's get on to ianthine. Isn't this flower just beautiful? I didn't really want to put a stock photo of a violet, and even though 'tis more magenta than ianthine, I like it. Plus, it really captures the beauty and fragility of the freshly opened flower. (Oh, look at me. Now I sound like a writer! Yippee!)

Prompt: Write about overdrawn flowers. Is it possible to capture the beauty of the delicate petals with just words and ink?

Or, if that doesn't suit your fancy,

Write about where you would find this flower. Does it look strange and alien? Could you stumble upon it while trekking through the vast jungles of South America? Would it be hanging in vines off of the baobab trees in Africa? What would you be doing there?

Rubiginous

rubiginous: rusty-colored

Doesn't this picture just look so cool? Apparently, it's the side of an old truck that has been left outside for about 20 years. I think it has a certain beauty lying beneath the outer shell of disrepair. Especially the orangey-red of the rust. It contrasts with the little splotches of blue (left over from the paint?).

And now, to the prompt (btw, there won't always be a prompt, I just enjoy putting them up). Today, it's going to be more of a personification prompt. What did this truck feel like as a new, lovely car? Was it a present, or maybe bought for work? Did its new owner feel proud, or was it just for the operation of a farm, instead of a new "toy?" How old is this truck, what has it seen in its years?

Cinnabar

cinnabar (it's a color, can you guess what it is?)

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Have you guessed? It's red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment (deep red or scarlet color). I didn't get it right. I believed it was a cinnamon color (like, well, cinnamon!). Oh well...thanks Phrontisery! Don't those cinnabar (the compoundish thing) beads look amazing? I would love to own a strand of them... They're so detailed!

So now, here's the *optional* writing prompt (for those of you coffee shop open mic goers). Where would you find these? In a royal jewelry box? Hidden away beneath the floorboards of a barn (ooh, wouldn't that make a cool story...). You decide.