I'm not a big colored pencil guy. My life with crayons though goes way back. Each Christmas, one of the special treats curled up in our stockings, 'hung by the chimney with care' was finding a new coloring book and a box Crayola's best. Coloring books all had themes. Ours were no different. Some years they were all about Christmas, but cowboys and indians, trucks and cars, wild animals in the jungle and scenes depicting the seasons were also popular choices of Santa. Opening that fresh box of crayons was an event I aways looked forward to. The perfectly formed colored points and the delicious aroma that issued forth are memories I still hold true.
To tell you the truth, the smell of a lead pencil, colored or not, was troubling to me. It still is today.
These days I pay homage to the pen a lot, but...
Viva the crayon!
Kids are still kids...I have spent many happy hours coloring with my grandkids. Now that they are older, they've lost interest; too bad since I still enjoy coloring! Bright and cheerful photo!
ReplyDeleteI can smell them right now I swear.
ReplyDeleteColoring books! Thank you for reminding me of that singular pleasure.
ReplyDeleteBut the 'smell' of a lead or colored pencil bothers you? Hm. That's a very sensitive nose.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, the look and the smell of a brand new box of crayons could not be beat. I always wanted the big box with all those 'in-between' colors in it.
ReplyDeleteMy students always want to use the colored pencils. Why? Maybe they view them as not ordinary daily items.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful memory... :) I loved coloring too - and still try to sit down once in a while and do that with my kids. It's rather therapeutic. You give me hope, that maybe my kids will have a great memory like that too!
ReplyDeleteAlways fascinates me how simple memories pack such a wallop. I love the smell of fog. And old books.
ReplyDeleteha ha. colored pencils are my favorite art medium. my only medium these days. :)
ReplyDeletegreat idea !
ReplyDeletelove your picture
I'm sure I have done the same as a kid, but I can't remember it.
ReplyDeleteDo they still have a lot of colouring books around?
ReplyDeleteThat's a pile of pencils.
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My Dad was an altar boy at St. Doms.
DeleteIt's amazing that Crayola never had a serious competitor. I thought their 64 box was heaven but I really liked colored pencils, too. They are so much more precise and delicate.
ReplyDeleteThe big box of 64, my favorite.
ReplyDeleteYou must have a colourful past indeed :-)
ReplyDeleteThose pencils look like a portrait of my brain. Oh, Crayola crayons, how I adored them & coloring books. Today, I do like my Prismacolor colored pencils, but they don't have the good smell!
ReplyDeleteColoring books! I remember them, and the feeling of peace they gave to me : coloring was an easy thing to do, did not ask any reflection, subjects were pretty, and it was a good way to escape from the people and world around ..
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