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RDP Saturday: NIGHT
Every day has to have a night. It’s a time for …… well, what? Here’s a miscellany of photos … More
RDP Saturday: VERDANT
Verdant. There’s something peaceful about this word, suggestive as it is of wide open spaces and summer meadows: lush; green; … More
RDP Saturday: VIEW
Clear days, clear skies. What’s the view? What’s your view on the view? Just let us know……
RDP Saturday: PINK
Hoping that today finds you in the pink, maybe doing a spot of sewing, pinking shears at hand. Or maybe … More
RDP Saturday: PATTERNS
Patterns: just that. Patterns in nature; dress patterns; patterns of behaviour. It’s up to you. Here are some bricks, and … More
RDP Saturday: GOURMAND
A gourmand. Someone who enjoys their food, good food for preference. But what’s good food to me may not be … More
RDP Saturday: MAY
Now is the month of maying, when merry lads are playing, Fa la la la la la la la la, … More
RDP Saturday: IDENTICAL
Here we are: identical. What’s it to be? Twins, school uniform, two-minds-with-but-a-single-thought? Only you can decide.
RDP Saturday: EGG
Can I egg you on to take part in an Easter-themed challenge? Hens’ eggs, ducks’ eggs, ostrich eggs, chocolate eggs: … More
RDP Saturday: APRIL
April. Here in Europe, it’s an optimistic kind of month. Lengthening, warmer days; new life in the fields – gambolling … More
RDP Saturday: COAST
The image below is one I took on Thursday on a trip to the coast. You could choose this kind … More
RDP Saturday: KITE
Ah! The childhood pleasure of flying a kite, and watching it soaring, tumbling, weaving across the sky! Or the other … More
RDP Saturday: TRACERY
Perhaps you’re in a Gothic Cathedral, admiring the stone tracery outlining the jewelled colours of the stained glass windows. Perhaps … More
RDP Saturday: RUS-IN-URBE
What a cheek. First of all I get all high-falutin’ and write in Latin, and then I pretend that three … More
RDP Saturday: WALK
Just that. Walk. Most of us do it every day, without thinking. Some of us walk purposefully. Some of us … More
RDP Saturday: IRRIDESCENCE
I thought of peacocks and other gaudy birds: I thought of sumptuous silks and lustrous Moorish tiles. I thought of … More
RDP Saturday: AIR
Today, would you like to air your thoughts about air. Fresh, bracing and crisp winter air: sultry summer stormy air. That … More
RDP Saturday: LOST
Lost your keys? Lost your rag? Lost your way? Lost your mind? Lost a sock? So long as you haven’t … More
RDP Saturday: SANCTUARY
Sanctuary. What do you think of when you read this word? That bolthole in the house or garden where nobody … More
RDP Saturday: EFFORT
Well, we’re into February now. Any New Year Resolutions you might have made may by now be distant memories. Time … More
RDP Saturday: FROSTED
Well, it’s all right for me, living towards the north of the Northern hemisphere. Of course I know about frosted … More
RDP Saturday: Cook
It’s gotta be done. We have to cook. Like it or loathe it, we all have to eat. What will … More
RDP Saturday: RIVER
I’ve always had this notion that a city isn’t a proper city unless it has a river running through it. … More
RDP Saturday: THREE
I’ve chosen ‘three’ as today’s prompt, because tonight and tomorrow, Spanish-speaking countries will be celebrating the arrival of the Three … More
RDP Saturday: ABSTRACT
Abstract: ideas, thoughts, images that are less than tangible. Abstract: a summary of a longer piece. To abstract: to extract or remove. … More
RDP Saturday – White
White washing drying on the line; white sands; white as the driven snow; white as a sheet; white lies; white … More
RDP Saturday – PLAY
It’s that time of year. Parents will be crowding into their offspring’s primary school, seating themselves awkwardly on small-child sized … More
RDP Tuesday: Rain
Here in Europe, Christmas is beginning to take over. Let’s take things back to basics, and consider the weather: rain. … More
RDP Tuesday: WALK
What’s it to be? A walk into the sunset? A long walk off a short pier? You’ll never walk alone? … More
RDP Tuesday: Broadcast
Were you, like me, brought up on listening the the radio? Or do you prefer more modern ways of communication? … More
Ragtag Tuesday: Past
This week, I’m suggesting a look at the past. The idea’s been prompted by the often sensitive recent coverage of … More
RDP Tuesday: Parcel
Parcel. It might be a present, or that useful thingummyjig that you ordered from eBay. It’s a unit of land. … More
RDP Tuesday: Dead
It’s that time of year again. Here in the northern hemisphere we’re busy sweeping up dead leaves, and dead-heading the … More
RDP Tuesday: Flag
Will you begin to flag as you lay the flags for your patio in the garden? Perhaps you should hang … More
RDP Tuesday: Serendipity
Serendipity: you know, that lucky chance. When you just happen to be in the right place at the right time. … More
RDP Tuesday – RUGGED
‘Around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran’, runs the English tongue twister. My tastes too run to rugged rocks … More
RDP Tuesday: CONTRAST
Ah! The contrast between the shortening days of autumn, when the mornings are cool, damp and misty and the nights … More
RDP# Tuesday: MIGRATION
It’s that time of year. In our part of the world, many birds have long gone to their winter haunts … More
RDP# Tuesday prompt: CREPUSCULE
It’s getting towards the equinox. For us in the northern hemisphere it means ever-shorter days, with the crepuscule – twilight … More
RDP# Tuesday prompt: ORANGE
Here in England in summer, oranges were not the only fruit: apricots glowed on the greengrocer’s market stall, and peaches and … More
RDP# Tuesday Prompt: ENERGY
Energy: those small people in the playground; that compost heap promising vigour to the plants that will make use of … More
RDP# Tuesday prompt: Fair
A gentle fair maiden was going to the fair. ‘Well really’ her brother said, ‘That’s not fair.’ What dreadful doggerel. You … More
RDP 82#: YARN
Are you a spinner, a weaver, a knitter? No, me neither. But I am a blogger. So are you. Spin … More
RDP # 75: BLUE
Blue. Well, that leaves the field wide open. You can write about almost anything: show us almost what you like. … More
RDP # 68: PLAY
Well. You could write a play. You could show and tell about baby animals or children doing what they do … More
RDP# 61: PULSE
Pulse. That’s the word for today. Will it be your heart, rhythmically beating, perhaps thumping energetically because of disappointment, fear, … More
RDP # 54: Reflection
Time for reflection: gazing into a country pond; an urban plate glass window….. or simply pondering. What will you choose?
#RDP 47: CLOUDS
There seem to be many clouds on the horizon these days, at least from where I’m sitting in the United … More
RDP# 40: DAPPLED
Today’s word is a summery one. ‘Dappled‘. It’s sunlight and shade in mottled patches on a woodland path. It’s farm … More
RDP # 33: SERRIED
The jagged peaks of mountains marching off towards the horizon; a forest; birds crowded onto telephone lines; demonstrators in a … More
