Blow the whistles, pop the cork, we’re off!
Another year of getting together to share our photographic take on a one word prompt.
For 2018 this will be a Monthly Meet-Up starting on the first Tuesday of each month.
What could be better at the start of the year than to be looking out for SPARKLES …..
The Sparkling water of the Fleet in the teeth of an icy wind
a wooden table in the woods …Crochet Christmas Snowflakes
with added Swarovski crystals
sunshine on water
and to warm us up a bit, photos taken in the Caribbean last April
It took many photos to capture the splash of the fishing net hitting the water, but I got it, and if you look closely the splash is sparkling in the sunshine.
Click on any photo to see it larger.
For a sparkly finale – this water feature is in a narrow corridor in an underground shopping centre in Japan, photographed in November 2015
Feel free to join in any time during the Month of January with your Sparkles – one photograph or many, current shots, archive post links, they are all welcome. Just leave a link in the Comments of this post.
Let’s SPARKLE together!
Thank you so much to everyone who has sent me prompt suggestions, I will get the full list together for February when the prompt is WARM
Happy Snapping
❤
Very sparkly! Love your pics, and thanks for hosting this challenge. Here’s my entry: https://gillyflowerfaire.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/sparkle/
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My pleasure Valerie – you have added some wonderful Sparkles for us to enjoy!
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Thanks!
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Love the sparkles of sunshine on water. Here’s my sparkles; https://thecraftycreek.com/2018/01/08/a-little-bit-of-sparkle/
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Hard to beat aren’t they! Thanks so much for joining us with your lovely collection of Sparkles.
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Cool pictures!
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Thank you AJ. It was mighty ‘cool’ out there walking by the Fleet, I can tell you – brrrrr!
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You make me shiver just thinking about that!
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Sorry about that – next month = WARM!
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Thank you! It’s going to be a shock when I go home!
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I love a bit of sparkle, Daffy and they don’t get much better than these photos! 🙂
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Thank you Eddie, Cathy and Postcard from Gibraltar have come up with some crackers too!
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I will go and check them both out 🙂
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Great sparkles to start the new year.
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Looking out for sparkles at this time of year certainly lifts the spirits!
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Sparkly water is just lovely. Here is my post.
https://nanacathydotcom.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/photo-challenge-2018-sparkle/
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Wonderful! Thank you Cathy. 🙂
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Sparkle, sparkle! Beautiful in summer and in winter. .Right now, with the extreme cold, Maine is one big sparkle.
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Ooo yes it must be beautiful in Maine – we have to grab our sparkles when we can!
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Beautiful and very cold. I’ll be posting pictures today.
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I look forward to seeing them. Keep cosy.
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Happy New Year – hope it’s a good one for you 😊
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Thank you Alastair – Happy New Year and Happy Hiking!
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What beautiful sparkles, especially the crocheted snowflakes with added crystals! So, the photo challenge this year will be monthly rather than weekly? Do you have any objections to me doing my own photo challenge in the intervening weeks at all? I think I’d miss doing it weekly?
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No objections at all!! Go for it!
It will be monthly on Wild Daffodil this year. I wrote about the change in this post: https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/photo-challenge-farewell-but-not-goodbye/
I’ve loved doing it weekly but after 3 years I would like to allow space for other things to emerge. Couldn’t quite let it go altogether though – hence the Monthly Meet-Up.
I look forward to seeing your weekly posts. 😀
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Thanks so much, sorry that I missed this post when you published it. Thanks so much for setting the challenge last year, I really enjoyed being a part of it. I totally understand why you would want to take a break for other things – there are only so many hours in the day. I will start working up a list and see where it takes me. Thank you again 😊
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Exciting! I look forward to your list. ❤
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I’ve just been contacted by another blogger who has published a post saying she will be doing your list from last year as a challenge for this year, so it lives on…. https://magicsparkcrafts.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/7-fun-topics-to-expect-this-year/
She though it was my doing, so I have let her know it was yours & Cathy’s baby 😊
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Oh! Fun! Thank you for letting me know – I will contact her.
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Beautiful sparkles!
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Thank you Ritu.
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