To your left are some lovely flowers growing in a window box -- in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  The colors of the adobe have always intrigued me -- the tones run from off-white to yellowish to pink to orange-ish.  And the accents they use!  Turquoise, periwinkle, pink, orange, yellow! 

I firmly believe that color brightens everyone's day -- hence my saying "Life is short, use color!"  Think how dull it all would be to live in a world of black, white, and greys.  Poor cats, not seeing the world in color.  Lucky hummingbirds, particularly driven to see red! 

Another expression sums it up:  "Earth laughs in flowers!"  How true.  How colorful!