This is an art installation at Carlisle Castle called “Poppies: Weeping Window” in remembrance of the lives lost in World War One. The 100th anniversary of Armistice Day is this year. In the USA we often forget it’s origin because we call it “Veteran’s Day” and it has become a more general celebration of appreciation for those who serve in the armed forces. Can you imagine how difficult it must have been to arrange all of those individual ceramic poppies?

Red seems to dominate any picture it is in. For someone who doesn’t really care for red I seem to have a lot of pictures where it dominates the composition:

Irish pony and stop sign.

Red plow at a folk life museum in County Kerry.

Red prayer ribbons at Tian Hao Temple in Qingdao, China.

May 4th sculpture in Qingdao, China.

Lanterns and shan zha (hawthorn) on National Day in Weifang China.

Prayer ribbons on a fence at a temple on Taishan, Shandong Province, China.

Food street in Weifang, China.

Stop sign at Glacier National Park, Montana

Red bus tour bus at Glacier National Park.

Red peppers at a market in Shouguang, China.

Red lace leaf maple at the arboretum at South Seattle College.

Kite at Weifang International Kite Festival, China/