I'm talking to you, Banana Republic, my former fallback shopping place.

I've just been shopping for the first time so far this year, except for a trip to the outlet mall in January.

This keeps popping into my brain, when the prediction is 85°+ for today.

"The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
. . .
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night."

Okay, it was only 10 am, but on a beautiful day like today I do not feel like wearing black, gray or white.

Where are the spring colors? Thank goodness I saw some in Macy's and a few at Nordstrom, but nothing that made me want to buy, although I did buy a black pinstripe denim jacket at Macy's.

Where's Marsala? Where is Mediterranean blue? Where is peachy pink and lovely violet?