Day 45 (Colour) - Roses are Red....

I was just about to leave work today when our receptionist rang up to say I'd had a delivery. Thinking it was a photography book I was waiting on, I promptly went down expecting an Amazon package. To my complete surprise, there was a huge bunch of red roses, lovingly sent from my hubby. I wasn't expecting them at all. I drove the 30 minutes home with the biggest grin on my face. It's even more special as he's in London until Friday and I had absolutely no idea they were coming. They arrived literally on time too. Oh, I am spoilt! Happy Valentines Day everyone.

Day 44 (Colour) - Kolor Kut

This is one of the most fascinating things I've come across in work to date. It is a water-finding paste used mostly on cargo ships to determine if there is water in the dead bottom of a cargo tank, a big problem for many cargoes and their recipients. I first saw this demonstrated by one of our consultants and it's become invaluable to me in the laboratory. It is a golden coloured paste that is supplied in a tube. It can pass through hydrocarbons or fuel-based cargoes and, upon contact with water, it turns pink as shown in todays picture. It is unaffected by passing back through that cargo to show the colour change. I've used in on many occasions when a client has not told us if a clear liquid is water-based or not, often crucial when trying to determine what tests you can safely do on the liquid from both a personal and instrument aspect!

Day 43 (Colour) - Slinky

Inspired by a similar picture, today is a rainbow slinky.

Day 42 (Colours) - Brain Training

Anyone who has ever owned a Nintendo DS should recognise this. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training used this as one of the tests to see how old your brain is. On the screen and at high speed it's not easy to not say the colour of the writing rather than the colour depicted by the word itself. You know I'm right!

Day 41 (Colour) - Pins

While moving from one lab to another in work, I noticed these pins neatly pinned in a noticed board beside the door. A little rearrangement so the whites weren't next to each other made for a better composed picture.

Day 40 (Colour) - Golden Kaleidoscope

A recent purchase from one of my favourite beauty stores yielded a box with the pattern which constitutes todays picture. It reminded me of looking through a kaleidoscope toy as a child and I thought it might make for an interesting picture. The more I look around for subjects within my theme of the month, the more I'm seeing things in new light. I guess that's part and parcel of this project! Long may it continue.

Day 39 (Colour) - 366 in Green

Sometimes a picture can say it all. And sometimes it just comes down to lack of time. Time ran away with me tonight to be overly creative as I had to get some homework done for my second course. It is 9.15pm and I haven't even eaten dinner!