A Pop of Red
Posted: February 3, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in art, Air, Critters, Digital Art, Earth, Fire, home, nature, Photography, Quotes, snow, Spirit, water, weather, winter | Tags: birds, Digital Art, flowers, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, quotes, snow, water, weather, winter 22 CommentsI’m so fortunate to be red! I’m fiery. I’m strong. I know men take notice of me and that I cannot be resisted.
I do not conceal myself: For me, delicacy manifests itself neither in weakness nor in subtlety, but through determination and will. So, I draw attention to myself. I’m not afraid of other colours, shadows, crowds or even of loneliness. How wonderful it is to cover a surface that awaits me with my own victorious being! Wherever I’m spread, I see eyes shine, passions increase, eyebrows rise and heartbeats quicken. Behold how wonderful it is to live! Behold how wonderful to see. I am everywhere. Life begins with and returns to me. Have faith in what I tell you.
~ Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red
Today’s CaptureYour365 challenge is “A Pop of Red.” I had a lot of trouble with this one because there is very little red in my home. I was hoping to find something I could place in the snow to make it pop, but the only available red in the house happens to belong to the cherry tomatoes who asked me not to take them out into the cold. Rather than skip this one completely, I decided to play. Nothing great came of it except for a few smiles and some amusement.
I wonder why we have so little red. It’s not my favorite of all the colors, but I don’t dislike it, either, unless it’s contained in clothing that I have to wear. Red is not a good color for me because I already have so much red going on in my own coloring.
It’s still snowing here in the Bogs. I’m thinking about going skiing in just a bit so I’ll keep this post short. A spot of silliness shouldn’t be lengthy. That would be beside the point, and beyond a spot.
Thanks for visiting. Feel free to add your own spot of silliness in the comments. 🙂
YOu should have included some of your red coloring for the pictures! 🙂
lol! Nah, I don’t think so, Colleen. Maybe next time. 😀
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Fun photos. Orhan Pamuk is one of my favorite authors. I just started reading his more recent novel MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE.
Thank you, Terry. 🙂
I would have taken the tomatoes outside in the snow!! *grin*
I know you would have, Kathy, and it would have been great fun. 😀 I should have. I was just too lazy to put on all those layers.
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Great solution – the face made me smile…
Thanks, Marie. 🙂
I LOVE the cherry tomato face! So fun, Robin. Reminder, there’s some red inherent in your name–Robin–red breasted. Don’t know what that might suggest.
Sorry to have been so absent recently. Preparing to move to Ecuador has been more consuming than I’d imagined.
Hugs,
Kathy
Thank you, Kathy M. Good to see you. 😀 No apologies necessary. I wouldn’t be able to keep up either, if I was preparing to move to Ecuador. Or anywhere for that matter. 🙂
Oooo….great shot of the crow! What does he have in his mouth?
Thank you, Stacie. 🙂 He has two peanuts in his mouth.
Love those tomatoes (say cheese ?). Thank you for the big smile, Robin.
Thank you, Hanneke. 🙂
The red tomatoes are very happy to be the Stars of the Bogs today, but you should have shared the spotlight with them! It’s been ages since we saw a self-portrait of you and your red hair! 🙂
Thank you, Joanne. 🙂 There are a couple of self-portrait prompts so I might show up soon.
Years ago my mind went down a side alley and I added cheery tomatoes to my shopping list. They’ve e remained cheery tomatoes in this house. Yours are ever so cheery.
Thank you, Adela. 🙂 I like that — cheery tomatoes. Makes me smile.
So cute! Thanks for the tomato-y smile!
Thank you, Karma. 🙂