Red is my favorite color. This list will be fun!
My Ten Favorite Things That Are Red.
- The red sweater OTN. It will be OTN for awhile, and you are probably going to get tired of reading about it. Because it is a merino cotton blend, I plan to wear it year-round, except perhaps for January and July.
- Honeycrisp apples. These were developed at the University of Minnesota back in the 1990s. If you haven't had one, you are missing a real treat. They do not store as well as many apples and so are available only between September and mid-winter. Look for them! This image on the skin is not standard equipment :-(
photo credit: izzymunchted via photopin cc - Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis). This photo, while having excellent color reproduction on my monitor, does not quite convey the super-saturated red that is a cardinal flower. Its red is one to get lost in.
photo credit: wackybadger via photopin cc - Cardinals. I haven't seen any here since we had to take down the bird feeder pole to install the new drain field. I really need to get a new pole and have Smokey/Younger Son put it up. Our old one had four arms extending from the central pole with a hanging hook at the end of each. Four different bird feeders! One arm got bent by a bear -- bears are death on bird feeders -- but the rest may be intact. We had a thistle feeder for the goldfinches and chickadees, a suet cake for the woodpeckers, a hummingbird feeder for the hummers and the orioles, and a (mostly) squirrel-proof sunflower seed feeder for everybody (except the squirrels). It was constant entertainment outside the dining room window.
photo credit: Jolie B Studios via photopin cc - A ripe tomato, still warm from the sun. It is difficult to grow really good tomatoes this far north, so we tend to rely on the local farmers' markets for them. People who grow food as a job and in a sund-drenched field grow better tomatoes than we who live in the woods. Last summer we did have a great cherry tomato plant on the deck; must do that again this year.
photo credit: jacki-dee via photopin cc - My iPad (cover). I am quite fond of the decorative stickers, too :-)
- The Nantucket Bagg that I use as a purse. It holds the normal purse stuff plus has ample room for my knitting, notebook or folders for whatever meeting I am headed to, my iPad, and a pair of shoes if I need them. Also, the red carabiner visible at the top; it is hooked onto an inner strap and is where I attach my keys.
- The wallet that can also double as a purse when I don't want to carry the 110-pound Bagg into the grocery store. My work-around for years has been to use a wallet with a shoulder strap; I just grab it and leave the Bagg in the car. Do you know how hard it is to find a wallet with a shoulder strap? Last night I came upon this, which would solve the problem permanently. Haven't decided yet whether to get one for future use.
- My emergency knitting kit. I got mine back in 2008 as a prize in a blog contest. The only one I could find now was at this site which is currently down for repairs and maintenence. I also found this one, which is cute, I guess, but appears to be made of corrogated cardboard. What I am saying is, Neener, neener, I have one and you don't!
- The haze of red in the spring when the swamp maples are in bloom. It wil come, it will come, this winter cannot last forever...
- Edited to add: while previewing this post, I realized that I am also quite fond of the red color scheme of the blog. Never seen another blog that uses it. Apparently it is not a universal favorite :-)
