Crimson’s Creative Challenge #267

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE

Here are some suggestions:

  • An answering photo
  • A cartoon
  • A joke
  • A caption
  • An anecdote
  • A short story (flash fiction)
  • A poem
  • A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
  • An essay
  • A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:

  • Your creative offering is indeed yours
  • Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it.

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats

I have no pretty flowers, no startling leaves, this week. And so for this week’s Tuesday Treat, this…

23rd September 2023 

Equinox Sunrise, from my holiday back in September

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BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS

AUTHOR UPDATE

Way, way back (it seems like another time) in 2018, I decided to publish the stories I had previously posted in weekly instalments on WordPress.

I thank all those who have volunteered to beta read for me. And those who have read and written reviews.

Book Number Ten

Goes live on Amazon on 1st January 2024

The King’s WifeBook 3 of Alsaldic Lands Trilogy

My 10th book. Gosh. Breathe.

Where It Began

The five books of The Spinner’s Game… plus one.

I cannot express the depth of my gratitude to my critique partner and cover design, Lauren Willmore. She’s brilliant. And so supportive. Though we haven’t always agreed on plot!

Roots of Rookeri

Then came a standalone. A little bit of fun and adventure

The Alsaldic Lands Trilogy

The Alsaldic Lands Trilogy is part of the Spinner’s Cycle. I posted only two of these stories on WordPress. Hare and Adder had not been seen until earlier this year.

And now that trilogy is complete.

So What’s Next?

I’m working on book No 11. It will be mythic fantasy, as are the others. But as with Roots of Rookeri, it will be a  standalone. More than that, for now I will not say. Too soon.

You can find details of all these books on my dedicated page: Books

Or through these quick links to Amazon

Spinner’s Child
Lake of Dreams
The Pole That Threads
Lady Of First Making
The Spinner’s Sin
Learning To Fly
Roots Of Rookeri
Hare And Adder
Alsalda Bear
The King’s Wife

 

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Sunday Picture Post: Heading To Those Them Hills

28th November 2023 we hop a bus to Norwich, and another bus out. We’re headed to Ringland Hills. Not sure if we’ll find fungi, but we ought to find colour. And we do…

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Rain preceded us, but it’s clearing now, creating veils over Wensum Vale. And the sun is struggling to appear…

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And where rain and sun meets…

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Finally our oaks are showing their autumnal colours…

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In fact, every tree is dressed in autumn colour…

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No muddy tracks for us today. Yay!

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Beehive Lodge, my favourite place along this lane…

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Not everyone has swans outside the garden gate! And there’s not just one…

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And the mallards call us: They also swam!

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A glimpse through the autumnal foliage of the hills where we’re heading…

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Here the woodland dips down to the road, inviting us in…

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The sentinel. Birch is the first coloniser of future woodlands. Oak soon follows. But though we’ve the invite, we’re stopping here for something to bite. Second half next week!

Hope you enjoyed.

 

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Right Before Your Very Eyes

28th November 2023 

Last walk of November, we hopped off the bus and… right before our eyes, this wondrous sight!

Wondrous Sight, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week 

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No Beginning, Never Ending

credit: jplenio on pixabay

There it is
Beyond the sea
Bigger
World encircling
Around the land masses
Ever bending
No beginning
The Ocean
Never Ending


21 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Ocean

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Friday Fungi

Here we go again. Photos taken on our walk of 21st November 2023. Enjoy, for the season’s all but done

21st November 2023 

Jelly ears… oh what a lot!

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And the “little ones…”

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Getting bigger…

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And bigger…

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Getting strange…

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It’s a stinkhorn, but not the one we usually see. I was delighted with this find!

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And these tiny stag horns always delight me…

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And just as we left the woodland… this!

21st November 2023 

Hope you enjoyed.

This is the last Friday Fungi this year. The fungi pics will now return to their former slot as part of Tuesday Treats. See you all then

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CCC266: If You Go Down To The Woods

If you go down to the woods today…
We all know the words of that song
But the tale in that song is wrong
If picnic they’re having
That would be heaven
But no, they are prowling
Prowling and growling
And hoping to lunch upon YOU.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge # 266

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE

Here are some suggestions:

  • An answering photo
  • A cartoon
  • A joke
  • A caption
  • An anecdote
  • A short story (flash fiction)
  • A poem
  • A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
  • An essay
  • A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:

  • Your creative offering is indeed yours
  • Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it.

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats: Colour On A Rainy Day

A few of the colours that caught my eye on our wet walk on 21st November 2023. Enjoy

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Lichen and leaf…

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Leaf and water…

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Old gold…

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The wondrous colours of bark…

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Holly needs no words…

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Encrusted lichen, autumnal leaves

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Rose leaves, gold shining out from the dark

That’s all for now, folks. Hope you enjoyed.

Don’t forget Friday Fungi!

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