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Y is for Yellow

April 29, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 27 Comments

Yellow is just not your color, Momma always told me.

It wasn’t that she was being rude. She was only trying to save me from looking washed out and jaundiced.

None of the Tate girls can wear yellow, she said. It clashes with our mousy hair and freckly skin.

 But Momma, Momma, this is key.
I love yellow. It’s sooooo me.

What about to school? You see,
a Keiser YELLOWjacket, I shall be…

Could I, should I, late at night?
No never, ever. It won’t look right!

The color of summer sunshine, yellow is lemony fresh clean. I’m all about clean…

My kitchen is painted happy yellow. Sweet broom and yellow bearded iris fill my flower beds. Yet rarely do I wear the color…

As was typical in our family, Daddy never got the memo about our yellow problem. During his mid-life crisis, before I was even old enough to drive, he bought me my first car.

A could-it-be-any-brighter(?) YELLOW corvette.

Oh the irony.

talya

Look at the stars. Look how they shine for you, and everything you do. They were all yellow. โ€”Coldplay, Yellow.

Musical Pairing:

Yellow Submarine, The Beatles
almost done!
Y is for Yellow.

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: A to Z April Blog Challenge, humor, Thomas Tate

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  1. humor after 50 says

    April 29, 2013 at 4:06 am

    Your parents crack me up! Yellow is my favorite color!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 29, 2013 at 4:35 am

      haha thank you!

      Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 29, 2013 at 12:50 pm

      And really, you have no idea:))

      Reply
  2. Robin Loyd says

    April 29, 2013 at 4:28 am

    I love this one! Yellow is my favorite color. I hate to admit it, but deep down I always envied you Yellow Jackets. I thought it was much more exciting than our orange and black Bulldogs!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 29, 2013 at 4:36 am

      Ooohhh a Wilson confession! Seems to me you lived as close to Keiser as Wilson? Maybe you went to the wrong school!

      Reply
  3. Megan says

    April 29, 2013 at 4:40 am

    I love yellow. such a happy, bright color. It’s not “my color” either but I try to sneak it in ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 29, 2013 at 5:06 am

      ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  4. Patricia A. Laster says

    April 29, 2013 at 4:46 am

    Yellow wasn’t my color either–it turned me red! Nor lilac. Still don’t wear yellow but have graduated to orange. And purple seems to be a good color now. No yellow flowers, either, except in the shower curtain! xoxo

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 29, 2013 at 5:06 am

      How do you not have yellow flowers??? interesting.

      Reply
  5. Kathy says

    April 29, 2013 at 5:38 am

    It is a happy color, but for what ever reason I just don’t have a lot of it around me.

    Kathy
    http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com

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  6. Writercat59 says

    April 29, 2013 at 9:09 am

    I love yellow, too. Such a fun happy sunlight kind of colour. With so many shades, I’m sure you could wear a certain shade of yellow. It’s not really my colour either but certain shades are okay. What fun about your dad and the car that he bought “For his daughter.” Reminds me of the hubs buying me jazz CDs of groups that he likes.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 29, 2013 at 12:48 pm

      No, really I can’t.

      Reply
  7. lynnelives says

    April 29, 2013 at 10:32 am

    Yes, I wondered who your Dad bought that car for too!
    Could have done with seeing that picture before I drew mine.. Funny that we both had Yellow cars in our posts today. Wonder how many others did too.
    And then there was Z….

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 29, 2013 at 12:48 pm

      I know! What a coincidence:))) I have my Z ready – do you?

      Reply
  8. Talya's Mom says

    April 29, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    I loved, loved this one. The poem was so good. You know, Thomas missed a lot of memos, but he was always working so hard. “Someone in that family had to work.”

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 29, 2013 at 12:49 pm

      So true. And work he did.

      Reply
  9. Lana88 says

    April 29, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    I love yellow! The color, and the Coldplay album! My kitchen is yellow too… it reminds me of sunshine and spring and happiness.

    Reply
  10. Joyce Lansky says

    April 29, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    I quit wearing yellow when the visually impaired kid started working safety patrol. I didn’t want to be mistaken for a school bus.

    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

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  11. Jessica Peterson says

    April 29, 2013 at 5:43 pm

    I love that your dad bought you a bright yellow car before you could even drive. ๐Ÿ™‚ How sweet. I don’t have many yellow articles of clothing but not because yellow doesn’t suit me. Maybe it does but I’ve never thought about it. I just wear whatever colour I like. ๐Ÿ™‚ I’ve never been good at matching though. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Have fun with z.

    Reply
  12. Staci Sandquist says

    April 29, 2013 at 6:02 pm

    I do believe that is a picture of my yellow corvette :)) And 20 years later I did learn that I could (or think I can) wear yellow. Loved this one

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      April 30, 2013 at 3:39 am

      Yeah well the best picture I have is of your corvette. But they were twinkies so I figured it would work. Yes, you can wear yellow way better than I.

      Reply
  13. Tim Hardin says

    April 30, 2013 at 11:36 am

    “Yellooow, again, Yellooow…I know it’s late, but I couldn’t wait..Yellow, my friend, Yellow!”=) Okayokayokay! Sorry, I couldn’t help myself, and my apologies to Neil Diamond.=)…And I thought back in the day all you cheerleaders looked great in yellow, even in the daytime, but you know what they say, “Momma knows best.” It must have been the black that absorbed the yellow jaundice-look.=) And looking at that pic of your’s or Staci’s yellow corvette is about to send me into a mid-crisis.=) That year model corvette is Awesome!=) Also, I liked the Seussianesque poem you added…you could’ve and you should’ve and it was Great!…And also, does a yellow traffic light mean caution, or speed up? It means Speed up…right?=)

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  14. Bryan Jones says

    April 30, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    Yellow indeed, almost forgot about it until Bo painted Jimmy Gryner’s 48 pickup the same color and revived it! Awesome poem & pics too!

    Reply
  15. Suzy says

    May 1, 2013 at 2:03 am

    Oh look – we both did yellow! It’s one of my favourite colours. My mother doesn’t like it either so never dressed me in yellow when I was little but now I love my yellow clothes! Apologies for the late comment.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 4, 2013 at 3:26 pm

      Yes we did Suzy! I’m still reading and commenting on A-Z too!

      Reply
  16. sherilee says

    May 4, 2013 at 12:37 pm

    I did yellow too! Not my favorite, but properly placed, it certainly lends a glow!

    FYI, I just nominated you for a Liebster award over on my blog; I have really enjoyed reading your posts throughout the challenge!

    You can accept and do, or accept and not do, either works for me.

    Take care!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 4, 2013 at 3:25 pm

      Thank you so much! And thanks for supporting me during A-Z:))

      Reply

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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