If I were a…

Thank you to Ally for the inspiration of an old style blogging topic. I had a little fun by adding a bit of why I choose it 🙂

If I were….

• a month I’d be September (the heat of summer is past, there’s the chance of blue skies, gorgeous sunshine, pleasantly warm temperatures and the rugby season starts)
• a day I’d be Sunday (lie-in, late lunch, read the papers)
• a time of day I’d be 6pm (the work day is done, the evening stretches out ahead full of promise)
• a font I’d be Ariel (clear, easy to read)
• a sea animal I’d be a seal (elegant in water, clumsy on land)
• a direction I’d sound precise (but there’d be a key bit missing which I’ve forgotten 😉 )
• a piece of furniture I’d be a dining table (a place to share food, wine and company)
• a liquid I’d be an Irish whiskey (almost inevitably leads to conversation)
• a gemstone I’d be a Sapphire (the colour reminds me of the sea)
• a tree I’d be a Beech (grey and peeling)
• a tool I’d be a fountain pen (writing is my skill, so that is my tool)
• a flower I’d be a tulip (colourful, but not fussy or fancy)
• an element of weather I’d be gentle sunshine (the sort you get in the Spring, Autumn or Winter)
• a musical instrument I’d be a saxophone (alto or base – deep warm tones)
• a colour I’d be Aegean Blue (although you don’t get that colour at the UK seaside, the sea is my happy place)
• an emotion I’d be content (it’s what I aim to achieve in life)
• a fruit I’d be an Alphonso mango (tasty and comes from India)
• a sound I’d be conversation (‘cos that’s what I love to take part in)
• an element I’d be silver (I used to be gold, but now that I’ve gone grey… although I guess it could be platinum)
• a car I’d be a nippy, boxy city car (practical rather than fancy)
• an item of food I’d be freshly baked artisan bread (simple fare, but high end)
• a place I’d be a library (filled with books and hopefully with a comfortable high-backed leather chair for reading)
• material I’d be cotton (comfortable, cool, practical)
• a taste I’d be salty (although not anchovy)
• a scent I’d be Geranium essential oil (it makes me feel held, and it’s what I do for my clients)
• a body part I’d be a hand (useful, helpful)
• a song I’d be sung by Ella Fitzgerald (come on, who wouldn’t?)
• a bird I’d be a seagull (hanging around the seaside)
• a gift I’d be carefully thought out to be suitable for the recepient (it’s my superpower)
• a city I’d be Paris (the 4th arrondissement ideally, but I’d have to up my wardrobe and learn how to speak fluent French or get used to being treated with contempt by Parisians)
• a door I’d be modern but solid (clean lines and practical)
• a pair of shoes I’d be expensively comfortable black pumps (now past my 65th birthday, I’ve retired the knee high black f*** me boots)
• a poem I’d be a limerick (silly and fun)

This was fun – thank you muchly Ally Bean 🙂

Do you fancy giving this a go – if so, do tag me! If not, let me know some of your “if I were a….” choices!

© Debra Carey, 2023