What color is my wine?

A few months ago I was invited to a dinner get together with some girlfriends of mine and I offered to bring a bottle of white wine. The girls expressed a preference for said color so I first checked my stock and discovered that I had a bottle that was just the perfect size for this occasion. The only problem was that I did not know what color it was.

So off I went to use my stand alone scanner to see if I could determine the color. No such luck! The scanner could not read it so then I tried using my scanning app on my iPhone. Not much success there, so then what?

I phoned one of my girlfriends and we came up with the brilliant idea of asking the cab driver and sure enough! He told us! The lesson to learn here is that when you are unable to determine something as a blind person, do not give up! There is always a solution if you search hard enough. Fun? Sometimes it sure can be, and then again, sometimes it is a challenge but something to solve at the end of it all!

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Remembering the lollypops

Oh boy! How well do I remember them and they are one of my favorite kid memories. I used to love to just look at them neatly displayed on our counter without touching them. I used to love to look at the colors, and of course! Yellow was always my favorite, followed by purple then red. As a matter of fact, I loved all of the colors and various shapes.

I think that my mom knew how much I used to love to look at them and she never fretted whenever I would sneak over to have a look. Of course, I also loved to eat them, crunching and just enjoying the delicious flavors.

Now that I can no longer see my favorite lollypops, I use my imagination and memory to help me out. I can still conjure up these memories with little or no effort. Ah yes, those wonderful memories of lollypops. At birthday parties, at Christmas time, and on a Sunday afternoon when the family would be taking things easy.

Big ones! Small ones! Fat ones! Thinner ones! Brightly colored ones! All kinds of lollypops!

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Those candy bowls

How well I remember those very colorful candy bowls. I simply used to love to stand and watch the multiple colors of candy in my bowl when I had enough sight to do so. I would cram my candy bowls full of multicolored candies of all shapes and sizes and then place the bowl carefully on my credenza.

Whenever I remembered and had a moment, I would walk over to where my candy bowl was sitting and then I would proceed to stand there and simply get lost in time. You may think that this was a bit strange for me but there you have it. As I may have mentioned in previous blogs, color was my world when I had enough sight to appreciate it.

I still enjoy color but now in a different way. By remembering and imagining. By bringing back old and dusty memories of the world of color for me, and why not? My candy bowl was just one important part of it all.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly accessibility advocate, wishing you a terrific day and asking you to share my world of color with others. Come by any time and visit me at www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog.