Redwings

Posted on 3rd November 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Redwings Haiku
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Today’s TDC says

Write a haiku about autumn. Bonus points for illustrating it.

We’ve been waiting for the redwings to arrive at the end of our garden and this weekend they appeared. They are really hard to see in the rowan trees as they blend into the red-brown leaves and red berries, but I got a photo of one yesterday that I’m quite pleased with. Here’s a haiku I wrote as I watched them flit from tree to tree.

Flashing through the trees
Stripping berries as they fly
Redwings have arrived

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Spinning Fish

Posted on 2nd November 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Spinning fish
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Today’s TDC says

Look at this fish, spinning and spinning. Write a poem about the fish – bonus points for putting it to music.

Spinning Fish

A fish out of water
Spinning in the ether
Silently, effortlessly, eternally

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Turnips

Posted on 1st November 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Pasty
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Today’s TDC says

Everyone has some random facts sitting orotund in the long term storage of their mind. Today is the day to dust one off one of those facts and share.

Yesterday I made Cornish pasties – a vegetarian version, of course. The traditional recipe would be potato, turnip and onion with beef skirt. For my version I substitute cheese for the meat – a Cornish cheddar, of course. So here’s my fact for today:

When the Cornish and the Scots talk about a turnip, they are referring to the orange vegetable which is also called a rutabaga and that the English call a swede. Turnip is a core ingredient in a Cornish pasty. At the top of this post is one I made yesterday, packed ready to take out on our picnic today.

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Silent Sunday

Posted on 1st November 2026 by NomadWarMachine

301/365 Mugdock
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Ten months of photos 2026

Posted on 31st October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Ten months of photos, one every day. Reminding me to pause and breathe while I appreciate my surroundings

Photo of the Day 2026

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Acrostic Poems

Posted on 31st October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Sarah
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Today’s TDC says

Arguments rage in poetry circles about the merits of the Acrostic Poem (where the letters of the name of something, written vertical, form the first letters of words for each line). Use this Acrostic Poem generator to create your own, and if time, maybe transform the lines of the poem into a piece of art (what that means, is up to you, per DS106 ethos).

I made a couple – one for me and one for my Lacey Cat

Lacey
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RIP Jean-Luc

Posted on 30th October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Enterprise over Earth
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Today’s TDC says

Honestly, we’re not sure what you can do with this one, but Ambient Earth is seven hours (plus) of footage from the International Space Station, looking at our beautiful planet. We hope it inspires you to write, or make art, or do something.

Last night we had the sad news that Patrick Stewart had died, so here’s my nod to him. I took a screen shot of the video and edited Enterprise into it.

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We’re All Changing

Posted on 29th October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Mugdock June and October
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Today’s TDC says

One hemisphere is entering Fall from Summer the other entering Spring from Winter… show us in a photo something that is changing (not necessarily nature).

Yesterday afernoon we found a gap in the rain clouds and walked around Mugdock Loch – a place we visit regularly, noticing as we walked around how many leaves had dropped since the last time we visited. Without knowing what the challenge would be today I stood and took a photo through the trees. So here’s Mugdock Loch in June and October – beautiful in all seasons.

We also saw a red squirrel while we were there, but didn’t get a photo.

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Heckethaler

Posted on 28th October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Pot of Gold
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Today’s TDC says:

Check out this link to get a random German fairy tale.  Now make us some art based on whatever you get – maybe a picture or a poem.

I landed on The Heckethaler (Swinemünde), which I discovered is a magical self-replicating coin. I have nursery rhymes on my mind, so here’s the poem that wrote itself for me:

Heckethaler

What would I do with a magic coin?
Could I solve the problems of the world, a guinea at a time?
A penny for the match girl,
Another for your thoughts,
And one for the old man’s hat

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Snobby Nursery Rhymes

Posted on 27th October 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s TDC says

Read a nursery rhyme aloud in a bad snobby accent.

Now, last week when we were out for a drink a pal told me I always sound posh, so here’s a nursery rhyme in my own acccent

This is a  rhyme mum said to us every time she dried our hair – I can’t find this exact version online. I still say it to myself every time I dry my own hair.

Rub a dub dub

Rub a dub dub
Three men in a tub
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
All wrapped up in a rotten potater
Green peas, tuppence a peck
A man fell down and broke his neck
Apples for the king and pears for the queen
And a jolly good dance on the old bowling green

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