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  • I guess it is pretty green.

  • To me, it's not.

  • It wasn't just always all green.

  • Now I'm quite green.

  • My name is Elizabeth Sweetheart, and I am the green lady.

  • Everything is green.

  • I bought green counter, and then I got green knobs, and then all the accessories.

  • We even painted the front door green.

  • If I find something that I really like in terms of clothing and what I wear, I make it green.

  • These are my overalls.

  • I grew up with my family in Nova Scotia, and they didn't know what to do with me.

  • I wanted to be an artist.

  • I started wearing green when my dad invited me to visit Florida.

  • It was really exciting for me to go, because we hadn't really connected, and he didn't really care for an artist.

  • The water is aqua-green, deep, rich greens.

  • I painted all the palm trees.

  • And from that point on, I started adding little bits of green, because it was like a lucky day that dad asked me to go visit.

  • It's been, I dunno, 17 to 20 years.

  • I continue to wear green because the way I dress makes other people smile and say, "Oh, the Green Lady!

  • "Can I have a selfie with you?"

  • I think people really, really like the belief that you like something enough to really carry it through.

  • When you're young, you tend to think you look good in black.

  • As you get older, you realize color is so much fun!

  • I will continue to be green, 'cause it's so positive.

  • I think when it's not, then I'll change to my next favorite thing.

I guess it is pretty green.

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