Color Me a Wheel

Our family definitely took to the more sedentary vacationing activities (unless we were sightseeing) than we did the activities where we'd actually be active. We never headed to the beach together either. If it was to be a day of "sitting around the campsite", which meant we'd be doing with our time whatever we bothered to do (except at meal time! 😂).

There were plenty of things, some spontaneous, some not so much, that we had along with us, which we'd tinker with & enjoy. I'd have things packed in this. I typically took to chilling out inside the camper, back in the section where I most frequently slept, on the smaller of the pop-up camper's two slide out beds. Although one sedentary activity I remember taking part in were these.

They weren't "the rage" back then (I'm not even sure they're a current rage), though, along with these, I could sit & enjoy picking a color & creating lines & filling in the spaces, & it was a therapy without thinking about therapies. And then I could pick another color & decide what looked best next to it. And, as Mom would call it, I'd be "in my glory".

There wasn't a wall or a fridge (at least not one with magnets) on which to display these masterpieces. And, I was technically far past the age for that type of acknowledgement. I'd say that in these days I was subconsciously developing my artistic design skills. After all, I was already tinkering around with these & this. I'd most likely have had these in this as well as this. Picking which color should go next, which shades looked best together & why, has always been a satisfying delight of mine. Muted shades together, pastels (my personal fav!) together. Brights together. The list is endless.

I'd enjoy teaming up the various colors & basically have reasons why certain ones should follow suit - one after the other. If I'd used green, then I might think to use red next for the holiday spirit, then I'd be thinking about other holidays & probably have some white, then blue. After that, with orange being blue's complimentary color, (& that green is the complimentary color for the red), I'd likely pick those colors in a line-up to keep that complimentary color theme.

I'd be coloring & I'd be calm. I'd be designing & I'd be creating.

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