Yesterday’s red fishes beg for today’s theme. Once a week I follow someone else’s lead, i,e, I follow somebody else’s trail usually marked by chalk. What do you do if you come across a u-turn as in photo 1? Of course: you turn.If happen to … Continue reading Red Herrings
This red head did not want to be posted under the heading rage. It’s almost exactly ten years ago. It was the 4 July. It was the hottest day of that year. And it was the birthday of a good (US)American friend as well as her wedding. There were loads of guests in the school gym cum assembly hall of the local primary school in the small village they were living. There was no ventilation, let alone air-conditioning. The heat was very close to unbearable especially with guests in more or less formal wear. Although my husband had chosen well wearing his kilt and thus having a breeze from below, he still had a red head and sweated throught the proceedings.
Having grown to appreciate the hadeda ibis despite its claim to be the loudest bird in Africa when living on the Highveld in South Africa – a greyish bird with subdued iridiscent purple feathers – I was stunned to see its more flamboyant relative in … Continue reading Scarlet Ibis
Stars (wars, treks, quests) yesterday, moon today. I took this photo of the blood moon in Hocksley Heath, south of Birmingham in 2015. My camera was new. I had no tripod (still haven’t) and this shot was handheld. It was an impressive red moon, indeed. … Continue reading Blood Moon of 2015
Yesterday’s unknown lady in red is followed today by a rather wellknown lady in red. In the StarTrek canon the colour red denotes security and engineering. Lieutenant Uhura is the communications officer on board of the original enterprise. In other sci-fi franchises a red coloured … Continue reading Red Shirts in Sci-fi