Travel theme: Primary Colours

I took a photo this morning of some squash I picked from the garden…

ailsa prideaux-mooney, gardening, patty pan squash

…and it gave me the inspiration for this week’s travel theme, so here are some more travel photos in the primary colours of red, blue and yellow, starting off with some very red stairs in Seattle’s central library.

seattle public library, architecture, travel, photography, ailsa prideaux-mooney. Rem Koolhaas

The red rocks of Utah in Zion National Park.

red zion national park utah

A vibrant red cardinal in a snowy Central Park.

red cardinal central park new york snow manhattan

Blue arches adorn a London street at Christmastime.

blue christmas london

Funky blue trees with an ecological message in downtown Seattle.

blue trees, westlake center, seattle, Konstantin Dimopoulos, travel, art, photography, ailsa prideaux-mooney, travelogue

The soft, dreamy blues of Kailua Bay in Hawaii.

hawaii, oahu, ailsa prideaux-mooney, travel

Back in Seattle’s Central Library for a burst of yellow (seriously, if you’re in Seattle, make a point of visiting, it’s an incredible building).

seattle public library, architecture, travel, photography, ailsa prideaux-mooney. Rem Koolhaas

Yellow painted eggs decorate a May tree to celebrate Beltane in Ireland.

may bush, may bough, irish traditions, irish customs, travel, travelogue, ailsa prideaux-mooney, beltane, la beltaine

A host of golden daffodils trying to muscle in on Skagit Valley’s Tulip Festival.

skagit valley, tulip festival, tulips, flowers, nature, travel, photography, ailsa prideaux-mooney, washington tulip festival, roozengaarde

Have you got any ravishing reds, baby blues or mellow yellows to share for this week’s travel theme? If you would like to join in (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:

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❤ Ailsa

I’ll leave you with a photo that contains all three primary colours in two rather fabulous parrots I spotted in Guatemala.

parrots antigua guatemala casa santo domingo

If one says ‘red’ – the name of color – and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different. – Josef Albers

If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue. – Paul Gauguin

How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun. – Vincent van Gogh

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