Thematic Photographic 174: Seeing Red

Summer's here !

This rose was out on the 1st of December, marking the first day of summer in New Zealand.

See other reds here

Trawling for Red: Thematic Photographic 156

People have been posting some great RED shots in answer to this week's challenge over at Written Inc.

I don't have any fantastic red sunsets, but I found a few red pics in a quick sweep through my albums.

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At the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations in Ankara, Turkey, I took this lovely bronze artifact. It was used by Hittite priests and symbolises the universe, and it is dated from 2100 B.C.

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Four shots from this year's trip to Italy: 

poppies growing at an arborio rice farm

 a red lighthouse spotted from the ferry trip  along the Ligurian coast

and one of the beautiful beasts at the Ferrarri Museum at Parma

 This little red Fiat parked along the road from the Museum didn't match the Ferrarri, but

it's cute! One of these was my first car ever.

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Finally, back home in New Zealand: a beautiful  bloom from the native Pohutukawa tree, growing in my own backyard