Matilda and her love of red!

Hello Hello to all Hivians and indeed anyone reading this.

Today I shall be telling you a wee story although I think it might end up being five wee stories around a central theme! So I hope you are in the mood to read or is it red!

Matilda and her love of red!

The pictures in this post were mostly taken on July 11th and July 13th 2025. Five of these pictures were used to make the lead image for this post on Canva.

This post is for Photo-essay RED contest !

How can you participate ?

Make a post with a minimum of 5 of your own photos of 5 different red subjects.

Tell us a story about those 5 subjects in a minimum of 150 words in one language , if you use 2 languages i want to see 300 words minimum .
Post your post in /created/hive-14396 and use the #redphotoessay2025 tag , make sure it is posted before August 1st 2025 !!

Object Number 1 ~ Red Post Box

In the UK our postal service is traditionally provided by the Royal Mail.

This is a little post box a couple of minutes of walk away from our house.

I did take the picture on Friday 11th July and you can see that blue sky, yes we are in a mini heatwave of a few days.

On the way back from the beach yesterday we saw another post box..

Does it look like it is in a wall to you?

Let's have a look...

Oh look it in the wall of a local convenience shop, which is also red! Oh look this is a twofor!!!

Seeing I mentioned the beach, let's have a look at some different red things!

Object Number 2 ~ Paddleboard

The gorgeous weather over the last few days have brought plenty of sea activities.

And this lady had a few positions up her sleeve!

and my favourite which shows the colour of the paddleboard most clearly ...

There was another red one, and to show I am not sexist ...

His red paddleboard in my detail!

We may as well stay at the beach and see what finds we saw!

Object Number 3 ~ Pottery shard or do you say pottery sherd

Even Mrs T was getting in on the act of looking for red objects!

Look she said ...

She loves to look for sea glass and pottery shards. We are not on an archaeological site so probably these are not sherds as such, but it is a fun term to say.

Both pictures were taken on Friday as were the paddleboard pictures.

Object Number 4 ~ something else red and British!!

I wonder if you can choose which red I was looking at from this next picture which was also taken on Friday...

No , not the dress or behind!

The car ... what used to be so iconic for being British was MG

That logo .. MG

Yes, MG (Morris Garages) is historically and fundamentally a British automotive marque.

It was founded by Cecil Kimber in the 1920s in Oxford, England, as a sales promotion sideline of Morris Garages, a retail sales and service center for William Morris. MG quickly became famous for its open two-seater sports cars, which became icons of British motoring.

Of course now like so many things that were British it is owned by foreigners, this time Chinese in 2005 I think...

Talking of foreigners we walked around the corner and saw this foreign red car...

And in front of us, is a beat up relic of the past, and was back in the idea so iconic of the UK...

You know that is ?

Object Number 5 ~ Love

I think it is fitting to close out the post with the fifth object being a depiction of love ...

I did take this yesterday, it is our local heart at the end of the promenade.

It was created a couple of years ago...

View from the sea

Kirkcaldy red Heart

This is with the haar rolling in from the sea ...

Take it looking inland and there is no haar!

I hope you had fun with our five wee stories!

But wait ... bonus time, we did go looking for red things on our walks on Friday 11th July and Saturday 12th July 2025, so these are some that never made the cut!!!

Matilda nearly threw her gin at me when saw that photograph!!!

I am 82 years young but I don't a fluffing Funeral home ... she said!

I did freeze some berries earlier in the week ...

This post though, is an entry for this month's Photo-essay RED contest ! hosted by @hive-14396 in the fantastic Photo-Essay community on Hive.

Get your entries posted before August 1st 2025

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!

But wait! Guess who has popped her head in....

Matilda and she is waving her fluffing spoons to stir the pot!!

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One more thing.... as it is Sunday today and a gorgeous day to be alive , this is also for #SublimeSunday is inspired by @c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday is initiated by @ace108.