Not many entries but thank you to James Leck, Janus and Christopher for your varied and excellent photographs.
I liked them all, the Danish coast, converted car-ports and Belfast but I think the winner is Mr Leck for his excellent photograph of Brittany Shadows, but I admit I do love boats.
Now if James would please just judge the poetry competition he can then set the next photography challenge.
Over to you, Lecky!
I think we have covered just about every theme over the last few years so this month’s challenge is sites, or sights: holidays, day trips or local, ancient or modern!
This is a very old castle site – architect William the Conqueror:
Entries by 21st May please!
Thank you Christopher for this entirely unexpected honour.
I would like to thank so many people for making this possible, including my parents, my grandparents and my long term partner, my laptop. Of course I must include his parents, especially his father, Charles Babbage (even though the DNA tests have proved rather inconclusive so far) but without whom none of this would have been possible.
So to a new lyrical challenge.
Because I live by it, worked on it and look at it every day it is,
“The Sea”
Could be anything in it, on it or around it. Anything that floats in it or anything that doesn’t. Could also include any plaice near it, so cast your doubts aside one and all and have a go, just for the halibut.
As required by any one of innumerable EU regulations entries are best before 01/05/2015.
A muddled jumble gath’ring dust
And cobweb littered spaces.
A storage place of scattered things,
And half remembered faces.
It was going to be Spring but there is no sign of that around here, not much food for the wildlife either after a long hard Winter. Even a dead catfish washed up by the ice eater looks pretty good to the hungry.
But approach with caution, it could be a trick…
Closing March 31, 2015 somewhere about 36 N 75 W.
Apologies for the delay in judging, and thank you to Gazoopi for reminding me.
The January Competition on the theme of Winter Complaints started off well: three excellent contributions from FEEG, Janus and Christopher.
A pity more entries were not forthcoming but thank you to the three who managed to write thoroughly grouchy pomes!
There can be only one winner, unfortunately, so well done Janus, and I must say, I was rather influenced by your apposite illustration.
Extract from Winter Complaint by Ogden Nash
I don’t like germs,
But I’ll keep the germs I’ve got.
Will I take a chance of spreading them?
Definitely not.
I sneeze out the window
And I cough up the flue,
And I live like a hermit
Till the germs get through.
And because I’m considerate,
Because I’m wary,
I am treated by my friends
Like Typhoid Mary.
Sea and / or Sky
What a wonderful array of entries we had this month, first and foremost I’d like to thank all contributors for their efforts. There’s nothing worse than being a judge and running a fun challenge to receive a meagre 2 or 3 entries from the usual suspects.
As mentioned elsewhere, I had nothing to do with the actual judging, a panel viewed the submissions over a few drinks yesterday at The King’s Arms (home of the E.P. rugby supporters club.)
And here is their verdict …….
Christmas for Monty and Robin
(With apologies to Amarinta)
And while the critters were all hob-nobbin’;
The field mice and the red-breast robin,
A squeal went up, ‘what, pray, was that?
‘I think it is the farmyard cat.’
‘Oh my sweet holy Jesus
I think she means to come and seize us.’ Continue reading “Christmas for Monty and Robin”
Well that was then and now it’s well past the closing time, but better late than not at all, so here goes.
All entries responsive to the theme (including Janus with one both late and illegal from Hong Kong) and some with a slightly different take on it. I particularly liked Soutie’s notices (the changing world of announcements could be a subject with almost as much scope as butchered movie titles).
But the prize this month goes to Pseu, a couple of great photos, taken close to home. We tend to forget how much our immediate surroundings also change over time, just look out the window and try to recall how it was when you moved in all those years ago.
Congratulations Pseu. Good Job.
Boadicea's Chariot 
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