rose-coloured

• “I was so excited to be at the heartland of hippie that I initially looked at things through rose-coloured specs, almost imagining myself back in the era of the the Free Store run by counter-culture heroes the Diggers and the infamous Drog Store Cafe.”

  The Guardian: Insider's guide to musical pilgrimages: Country, soul, blues, folk, world music

• “At 18 I was ballsy, bold and grown up and so – in the prideful foolishness of my rose-coloured glasses – had planned the baby with my then boyfriend.”

  The Guardian: My teenage daughter is pregnant - I feel so ashamed

• “I know my rose-coloured glass optimism keeps me somewhat naïve, but I honestly do believe that people are good, trustworthy and honourable, and I see expressions of gratitude all the time, everywhere I look, more often than not.”

  The Huffington Post: Beverley Golden: A Little Gratitude for Servers, Please and Thank You

• “Sure enough the tabloid elements of the media have started looking back at him through their rose-coloured glasses to create another chapter in the whole disaster.”

  Cheeseburger Gothic » We shoulda put a bet on!

• “Of course not, because Mr. Flanagan is looking at the world through the rose-coloured glasses of nostalgia.”

  2010 April : Law is Cool

• “What will Dalton McGuinty and his rose-coloured glasses say about the constant lay-offs in Ontario?”

  2008 August 24 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous

• “It never occurred to me that I have not run a marathon because I am incapable of running a marathon, and that were I to try, my legs would shatter after 100 metres and my nipples wear to rose-coloured washers.”

  The Guardian: Sue Perkins on the joy of the gym

• “Colourless at first, it rapidly changes to a "carpet of tiny, shining, rose-coloured grains".”

  Glitter Rose by Marianne de Pierres

• “Colourless at first, it rapidly changes to a “carpet of tiny, shining, rose-coloured grains” as the sky darkens.”

  Glitter Rose Collection now available for Preorder

• “I'm sure I'm looking back through rose-coloured glasses, but...he made me laugh.”

  First Kiss

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