Carpe Diem #787 Lighthouse of Alexandria (reprise)

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

First I have an announcement to make, maybe a few, last Monday my dad was released from the hospital. He's ok, but has to be careful and taking his time to recover fully from his major heart attack. Thank you all for your love, thoughts and prayers.
Than ... after long consideration ... I have decided that the CD Time Glass feature will stop. I know that there are several family-members who loved the time challenge. I made that feature with all my heart and love to challenge you, but it takes to much time to create several CDHK episodes on one day. In the upcoming weeks I also will look to all the other features we have on a weekly base. After long consideration I will "cut" several weekly features to make them a bi-weekly feature. Of course I will create new features to challenge you all, so don't worry ....

Ok ... back to this episode of CDHK. Today we will board on a papyrus boat to sail The Nile and of course we have to start somewhere ... and that's in Alexandria, a large city in the Nile's delta. Maybe you remember our trip along the Seven Ancient World Wonders back in 2013. One of those World Wonders was The Lighthouse of Alexandria. You can find that episode, I belief it was episode 333 HERE.

Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria ... it's light flashes over the Mediterranean Sea and The Nile delta as a beacon to guide us on this new adventure deep into Africa as we are on our way to the source of The Nile.

Back in 2013 this prompt inspired several of you, my dear family-members, and I thought "Wouldn't it be a beautiful idea to reproduce a few of the haiku written in response of this prompt?" Well ... here they are ... I hope you maybe remember them or otherwise I hope they will inspire you to write an all new haiku or tanka and "re-live" that historical fact that we were inspired in October 2013 by The Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Beyond the lighthouse
to some strange and distant land?
All you need is here.

© Magical Mystical Teacher (MMT)

bright beacon
in a stormy squall
lighthouse

© Cathy Tenzo (Haiku Plate Special)

passing over
the lighthouse again ...
fish shadow

© Lolly of Lovely Things

Luminosity
ancient ship sailors’ night light
procession beacon

Procession beacon
glow for lovers’ evening strolls
solar garden lights

© Sun (Simply Charming)

Credits: Brandaris on Terschelling (NL), the oldest lighthouse of my country The Netherlands

Well .... did you like this short trip along memory-lane? I certainly did enjoy it and it inspired me to write an all new 

guidance
over the harbor
a lightflash

© Chèvrefeuille


This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and it will remain open until August 4th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode, Rosetta's Stone, later on. For now .... have fun!

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge Month #XXIV, Sun's ''gathering seashells''

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

What a lovely day it is here, a nice sunny day, not to cold (around 7 degrees Celsius), no wind ... really it feels like a soft winter's day. Our Tan Renga Challenge for today however has nothing to do with the weather or winter. It's a nice haiku written by Sun of Simply Charming and it was her response on ''shell'' one of our prompts in our first anniversary month.
Today one of her haiku is the starting verse of our Tan Renga ... here it is:

gathering seashells
while ocean tide rise and falls
two sisters bicker

(c) Sun

Conch shells

Awesome photograph of Conch Shells on a beach of the Bahama's. This kind of shells we don't find here on the beaches of The Netherlands ... I wish they could be found here ....

My attempt to complete this Tan Renga started by Sun:

gathering seashells
while ocean tide rise and falls
two sisters bicker                                                           (Sun)

the soothing sound of the waves
day dreaming of the Bahama's                                         (Chèvrefeuille)

I hope to visit the Bahama's once, but until than I only can dream about those islands. Nice dream isn't it? 

Now it's up to you my dear Haijin, visitors and travelers to complete this Tan Renga in your own unique way. Have fun, be inspired and share your completed Tan Renga with us. (By the way: I am still behind with commenting, hope to catch up soon).

This episode of Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge Month will stay on 'til November 26th 11.59 AM (CET) and is open for your submissions today at 7.00 PM (CET).