Pictures in Wonderland: Hey, there Mr. Blue

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I haven't been feeling blue, but when I downloaded my pictures from the last few days there was a theme: They were all steeped in these blues.  The top picture are some shop fronts in Costa Mesa, the far right is the Edison Power Plant in Huntington Beach (see Martha's post about them here) and the last two are from Old Towne Orange.  A cute little birdie and a wall decoration from an antique store there….see what I did?
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All this blue got me humming "Almost Blue" and then "Perfect Blue Buildings" by Counting Crows and then I couldn't help myself and I made you this mixed tape of all "blue" songs. 
Surprise! It's a little sad.  The poor color blue is saddled with heartbreak and melancholy.  If it weren't for blue skies, there wouldn't be any cheerful songs involving blue.  I wonder if the color yellow rubs that in, like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is SO uplifting…Am I the only one who thinks of this sort of thing?

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Perfect Blue Buildings, Almost Blue, Blue Monday, No Blue Skies, Suite Judy Blue Eyes, Famous Blue Raincoat, Mr. Blue Skies, Blue Skies, Goodbye Blue Skies, and Forever in Blue Jeans.