Twelvetide Drabbles 2020 - DAY FOUR

Good morning Twelvetide Drabblers! 

Welcome to DAY FOUR of the 6th Annual Twelvetide Drabbles Challenge.

Daily Stats

Here are the challenge numbers as of 9pm EST on Saturday, December 26th ... 

Amount pledged per work: $6.50
Creators: 10
Works posted: 26
Total raised: $169.00

This is amazing, record-breaking work from our Drabblers and generosity from our donors! Thank you all for creating, donating, and signal boosting the challenge! 

Spotlight Work

Smackofthejellyfish is another veteran Drabbler, and this year they're writing an Enola Holmes fic, "How to Pass the Time..." Check out the first four chapters today! Summary: "Christmas makes Sherlock restless. Your job is to distract him."

Today's Prompt & Bonus Inspiration

Your prompt for Sunday, December 27th is: 
 

TANGERINE
 

"Autumnal -- nothing to do with leaves. It is to do with a certain brownness at the edges of the day ... Brown is creeping up on us, take my word for it ... Russets and tangerine shades of old gold flushing the very outside edge of the senses... deep shining ochres, burnt umber and parchments of baked earth -- reflecting on itself and through itself, filtering the light. At such times, perhaps, coincidentally, the leaves might fall, somewhere, by repute. Yesterday was blue, like smoke." 

~Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead


Image: A tangerine leopard gecko with orange body and black and white spotted markings on tail and muzzle.


Image: Wooden crates of tangerines waiting to be sold, shipped, or otherwise processed.


Image: A pair of brightly colored tangerine, red, and white Hawaiian-print swim shorts with a stylized hibiscus design.

Do you (or your characters) need something sweet to bake? Try tangerine drizzle cake! 

Happy creating!
Elizajane