Red - December 2022

It has been over 4 years now since we started all this!  Here are all your submissions for the topic of "Red" - as usual, in the order they were sent to me:

Sue

Jan - lots of "reds" at Wisley!

Rowan & Eden - a winter visitor to our garden

Ken - one of nature's baubles (on the tree opposite our house)  

Here are 4 from Steve:-

During the cold snap a flock of redwings enjoyed some apples I hadn’t bothered to pick up (plus an imposter). Which goes to prove that we should all be happy to have an untidy garden!

Kate - Teddy (age 5) - a Christmas gift 2022 school photo

Kate - the big freeze from Windmill Hill

Don - there is nothing like a twirl when you have a pretty new red dress!

Don - waiting for Santa in Houston with our son and 2 granddaughters

Here are three from Rosie:

Keith - reindeer on parade

Gill - "Seeing Red" - with strike action and many things not arriving before Christmas!

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A picturesque post box in Seaton.

Andy - though it isn't him in action!

Gaynor - red/read/ready 

Rosie

........ and a late entry taken just before midnight over in Jackson Hole, Wyoming:

Don - a torchlight parade by skiers coming down Snow Mountain before the firework display commenced

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Our next topic, the 50th so far and the first of 2023, is:

"Clouds"

Nursery Rhymes - November 2022

Another month and another collection of your various interpretations on a theme.

This month it was Nursery Rhymes.  Some people have included descriptions/clues, some photographs don't need anything and there are a few that you might struggle a bit with - in which case please ask the relevant photographer!

Here are two from Andy:

Followed by a couple of quite tricky ones from Sue:

Jan

.... and two from Ken (taken in Bakewell):

Here are a couple from Kate - garden ones to highlight the unusual November weather:

 

Kate says that this one is a not entirely accurate "silver bells & cockle shells".  

...... but that she has never had snowdrops in her garden in November before!

Don was being indecisive - so he sent in four!

Gaynor - Identifies as Little Miss Muffet. They, the spider, yet to descend. 

Gill

..... and finally, a different "take" from John - and one that hopefully won't offend anyone! His advice is not to translate it and just to think vaguely phonetically.

(the book where he found it)

..... and so, as we start the month of December, our 49th topic is:

"Red"

KIT - Monday 28th November 2022

Over the years there have been more than 50 of these American style mixed 8 competitions but this was the 50th time of playing for the actual little trophy.  It has only needed to be replaced once - when it got broken beyond repair!

Despite being held at the end of November, the weather gods were kind enough to give us a great morning to play it in. As usual, it was a very enjoyable morning of tennis and chat with a lovely bunch of people - despite a few of us having coughs!

The aforementioned "lovely bunch of people" (aka the competitors!) were:

Gill, Sue Jones, Sue Hubbard and Emma + Don, Ken, Arthur and Andy

The round robin matches were all very close, particularly amongst the ladies 

where their individual scores ended up being 13, 12, 12, 11.  

The final ended up as being:

Arthur & Sue Hubbard  v  Ken & Emma

with Ken & Emma winning the one set final 6-3

Ken & Emma - the winners of KIT number 50!

Sound - October 2022

 

As topics go, "Sound" proved to be a little tricky I think!  

However, before showing you the images you all sent in, I thought I would show/remind you of the BSL signs that are used in deaf tennis - one day you might need them!

Just click on this link:

BSL signs used to keep the score in tennis

and for those who like a bit of extra information on things, this is quite interesting:

Lots of creatures talk!

..... but, as promised, here are your photos on the topic of "Sound"

Sue - Sounds of the Forest.  

Molly barking at squirrels, my footsteps, birdsong, soft breeze in tree-tops, grumbling of distant traffic, a fellow walker disciplining his dogs, an aeroplane.....but not all at once! 

Ken - see if you can work out/recognise this well-known tune!

(and again, for those who like that extra bit of detail, the extra arrangement is for the tin whistle!)

Kate - Hi-Fi shop in Guildford

Don - revisiting the sound of the 1970’s with my precious 4 track tape recorder purchased in 1971 and still in working order! 

Don - some sound advice for the grandchildren at Christmas! 🎅 

Steve - Vaughan Williams "Lark Ascending"… therapy for a gloomy autumn morning!

....... and here a a couple more from Steve, taken at Winchester Mill

 (you can probably "hear" that loud sound just by looking at the photos!)

.... and here is another one for your imagination!

Keith - Wind, Rain, Thunder & Lightning at Palm Desert, California! Very unusual.

Two from Gaynor - the sound of silence

John - a few "sounds"

Jan

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.... and what is our November topic? 

 

I thought about introducing it with a poem but didn't have 

either the time or the inspiration to come up with anything!

...... time to stop waffling, our chosen topic is: 

"nursery rhymes"

KIT - Monday 31st October 2022

 

The KIT today was number 49! 

The players were Angela, Gill, Kate and Sue H + Nigel, Arthur, Andy and Ken.

It was a very enjoyable as usual - in very warm October weather!

 

Arthur and Ken finished with the same number of points and when they played each other that was a draw as well.  So, it all came down to toss of a coin for which one of them joined the other finalists. Arthur guessed correctly!

 

The final therefore ended up as:

Nigel & Sue H v Arthur & Gill

 

Arthur and Gill won 6-2, so congratulations to them!

 

 

The winners – Arthur & Gill!

Wheels - September 2022

 Here are the various photos you have sent me during September to do with the topic of "Wheels" - enjoy!

John

Ken - Winchester Mill was closed the day I had hoped to take a photo of the waterwheel there, so I made do with some creative activity involving some wheels!

And this image is from Sue - she didn't take the photo but thought we might all like to see it!

Don - motorbike hire in Rhodes (but not for us!)

Don - the only way to deliver produce to the shops 

in the meandering narrow streets of Lindos (Rhodes)

Jan

Gaynor in Cambridge

Keith & Rosemary renewed their vows on the 30th August and drove to and from 

 St Lawrence Church in a Red Mustang Convertible!

Kate - Wheels in Gibraltar, where scooters are more popular than cars

John - plenty of wheels at the Alton classic car rally

And our next topic, for the month of October, is 

"Sound"