I loved @knowledge-seeker's challenge this week for: Red Around The Homestead. As I looked around for this challenge I realized that there is red everywhere. Every room and most buildings have a splash of red on them. I really love colorful things but it would seem that most of all I gravitate to the color red. I wonder if there is a signifigant meaning in this?

A quick on-line search told me that red is very significant in many cultures.

In Chinese culture red was associated with fire, south, and summer and to the Hindu, red symbolizes joy, life, energy, and creativity. The source link offers many, many other traditional uses and beliefs about the color red. source

Red Around The Homestead

Garden fresh strawberries - red that you can taste!

and wild strawberries too! they are scattered everywhere. The birds gobble these up greedily.

A lone red flower (I forget what they are called). We planted these from seed three years ago and they've finally appeared. My Husbands great-grandmother grew these as well.

The read heart shaped rock.

Red birdhouse in a sea of green.

This is a simple cucumber beetle trap idea that I learned about from an organic grower. A red cup with sticky spray on it. So far ... it isn't working.

The battered garage/workshop door all spiffed up in red. It's amazing what a coat of paint can do.

The Old Reliable-ish Massey Ferguson Tractor. I have no idea how to operate it but this year I've been promised lessons. Our truck and push mower are also red.

My trusty red tea kettle with loud whistle for the easily distracted! This simple red kettle has been boiling our water for years and years. It's been across Canada! :)

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