Slow down a minute, my friend, and ponder with me in color...

Melons are paradoxical.  Warm coral, goldenrod, pinky peach, and orange hemmed in by cool, minty greens.  They call to us from the center of summer, so sweet and wet, like a fresh bouquet punctuated by tender, moist leaves.  Dripping.

teapot bouque, hexagon quilt, sorbet, sunflowers, geometric poster, lady

Like summer, cool melon is nostalgic.  It's pretty as a picture framed with vibrant, growing life.  It's a bowl of sorbet exploding with fruity flavor, each bite sweet and surprisingly cool.  The best times, however fleeting, treasured away.

mum wallpaper, hexagons, cool drink, popsicles, mason jar bouquet

My favorite melon greens lean towards teal.  Colors like the darkest kale or an icy honeydew marry so well with creamy cantaloupe and peachy orange.  It's a softened green + orange, a modern gender neutral.

tile floor, pillows, house, crochet, bed quilt

But watermelons - - - watermelons are for girls. Pink, blushing to red.  Deep rind green.  This cool melon flaunts a classic, ladylike style.  Cool and pretty.  Wet and sugary sweet.

washi tape, halved melons, bird, gingham patchwork, balled melons

Just the thought of a melon sends a little shiver down my spine.  They are instantly cool and refreshing, yet they ripen in the heat of the year and split open to reveal sunset colors.  It's the green of them that performs this magic, just as a treasure box shields its prize.  Cool melon is a delightful surprise.

And now I want one.

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