Category Archives: Crimson’s Creative Challenge

CCC96: Wanted, a Kindly Person

Posted on September 10, 2020 by

Grandma’s house. But Grandma was dead, that house was now mine. It wasn’t set in the village, wasn’t easily accessible. It sat at the end of an overgrown footpath, all nettles and thistles and brambles. Grandma’s goat had kept it … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #96

Posted on September 9, 2020 by

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: 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 … Continue reading →

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CCC95: Carry On Regardless

Posted on September 3, 2020 by

First of August… how many years ago? You remember that day? You’d been working in Saudi… two months of our letters. No internet then. Photos exchanged. Meet you at the airport, you said, please. Oh, I was undecided. My friend … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #95

Posted on September 2, 2020 by

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: 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 … Continue reading →

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CCC94: Upton Fairy Tours

Posted on August 27, 2020 by

Welcome to Upton Fairy Tours A guide to what lies behind our garden doors Here you’ll find the fairies’ myriad houses Terraced like yours and bought at a bargain Here you’ll find their colourful gardens Full of flowers, fragrant to … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #94

Posted on August 26, 2020 by

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: 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 … Continue reading →

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Too Jigging Close

Posted on August 20, 2020 by

Great Yarmouth’s famous rows run East to West and channel the health-giving sea breezes. Those “breezes” helped to fight off the Black Death when it hit in the years 1347-1351, killing a third of Europe’s population. Those wind-channelling rows did … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #93

Posted on August 19, 2020 by

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: 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 … Continue reading →

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CCC92: His Name was Noah

Posted on August 13, 2020 by

His name was Noah A bit of a bore He bought an old boat That didn’t float He patched it, caulked it and sealed it But up got the wind, waves driven before it Which then did steal it. Alas.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #92

Posted on August 12, 2020 by

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: 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 … Continue reading →

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