Red

I was thinking to myself that this is the time of year when people put up Christmas decorations and perhaps I could photograph them.And then I saw this simple juxtaposition of traditional pine needle and palm with the red stuff:And I thought this gutter ball was imaginative. My sisters would have slapped me had I had the imagination to suggest putting Christmas ornaments outside the house (they were the Gauleiters in charge of decorations in my childhood):On White Street I spotted more Xmas ribbon alongside a strong sartorial statement from the hip youth:And then I got bored. So I thought what about just celebrating the Christmas decorative season with photos of red stuff? Like these red shorts on a person I'm guessing wears a parka at home this time of year:And while I'm busy guessing I'm going to stick this dude in the same category. People come to Key West to let it all hang out and tie dyed may have gone out of fashion long enough ago that even I am aware of it's passing, but so what?On a more traditional note I figured Old Glory at the White Street Armory gave the picture enough red to be included:And it seems I am not the only fan of Netflix. I wanted to borrow the envelope and see what this stranger enjoys watching but I limited myself to a picture of the red bordered envelope bound for their Fort Lauderdale warehouse:This next is a bit of a stretch but there is something vaguely pink about this formal interior spotted as I walked by:The figurehead on the old sponge warehouse on Fleming Street is a redhead I think. The convenient green stuff is algae or seaweed or something:I have learned to despise publicly the ubiquitous bougainvillea thanks to the contempt expressed by a Man who rides a scooter in Turkey, but secretly I still like these bushes: I added to my collection of kids art on city fireplugs:And the Haitian Art Gallery on Southard Street is still going out of business slowly, slowly. I keep telling my wife pretty soon he'll be gone for good but she is resisting making another purchase for now. Not that a suppurating crucifixion would be likely to find it's way into our home, but I can add it here as the figure bleeds red. I am going to miss the gallery when it finally goes:In my pursuit of red of an afternoon I thought a simple old fashioned stop sign said something particular against a blue and green background:I saw this card in the window and though I don't know who Molly might be, she has to have done something right to be greeted like this when she arrives: What this contraption might be, found loitering next to the library I have no idea. A parrot's gymnasium perhaps:A Fleming Street view with a red bumper sticker. I took my self imposed "red mandate" fairly lightly: And a red brick chimney on top of the Spottswood building at the corner of Fleming and Simonton Streets:You never know what you'll see when you look up in Key West. This next one I think must be some sort of chain store coming to the 400 block of Eaton Street. It was just getting stocked as I strolled by and I believe all the merchandise is stuff...advertised on the box. I guess someone must care about that sort of thing:And in closing something I prefer over another doodad made in China, is a prickly pear made in Key West:Which reminds me I need to go out and fight the doves for some of the rapidly ripening sea grapes in my yard.