Sentinel ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #354

Solitude, Neil's Point Lighthouse, Neil's Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Solitary sentinel
Faces menacing skies

Steadfast
Resolute

Safe harbour signal
Sought in distress

Menaced Sentinel
Neil’s Harbour Lighthouse
Neil’s Harbour
Cabot Trail
Cape Breton Island
Nova Scotia, Canada

Taken during travels, 2023

Patrick reads Sentinel and invites podcasters to the Pic and a Word Challenge

Pic and a Word Challenge

Last time we chose Love.

This week, let’s stand  Sentinel.  Or find some other inspiration in this photograph of the Niel’s Harbour Lighthouse facing menacing skies along the Cabot Trail on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island, Canada.

The Pic and a Word Challenge is a (mostly) weekly creativity prompt (usually) offered Mondays.

With each challenge I provide a photograph of mine along with a single word. The challenge? Use the pic and/or word as  inspiration to create something — a photograph, a painting, video, prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, longread or just a few words. You are welcome to use these two elements (photograph and word) literally, thematically or metaphorically. If you create both images and words, all the better.

To participate:

  • Use any title you like
  • Your response can be words and/or images
  • You may use my image to illustrate your post, or any images you have created
  • Mention that you are responding to the Pic and a Word Challenge
  • Add a link to this post in your response

To help us find your response — whether on WordPress, Instagram, Flicker, Tumblr, etc. — you can also:

  • Add a comment on this post to announce your response
  • Apply the tag/hashtag “Pic and a Word Challenge” or “#picandawordchallenge” to your post

Each week, I’ll list the previous challenge’s responses at the end of the new challenge. I may also share some on my social media: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.

The previous challenge was: Love

Sharing the Vast, Middle Head Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada
Challenge #353 ~ Love

The word for last time’s Pic and a Word Challenge #353  was Love, along with this photograph of a couple enjoying the view from Middle Head, in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Two bloggers found reason to Love this week. Thanks you two! ❤ 🙂

View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.

Happy Creating! ❤