Monthly Archives: September 2020

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #99

Posted on September 30, 2020 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: Flowers and Fungi

Posted on September 29, 2020 by crispina kemp

The numbers of wildflowers diminish while we still wait upon the autumnal plethora of fungi. But here are some. Enjoy You can see how small these are by the size of the moss surrounding them These had sprung up during … Continue reading →

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Jamie, Jamie, Jamie and His Magic Torch

Posted on September 28, 2020 by crispina kemp

You remember that show From years ago On British TV What a nonsense spree Jamie, Jamie, he really was zany All cockamamie with his magic torch Whizzing down worm-holes Into weird and fuzzy other dimensions All done for children To … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: From High to Low

Posted on September 27, 2020 by crispina kemp

17th September, 7:00 am, caught a bus to Norwich, and another from Norwich to Poringland… which is situated at the second-highest area in Norfolk. From there we walked downhill all the way to the Tas Valley. My eyes were keened … Continue reading →

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Wickhampton Grazing Marshes

Posted on September 26, 2020 by crispina kemp

Big Picture, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek Where once was the Great Estuary, the confluence of three rivers, now are grazing marshes the support the sweetest grasses. In times past those grasses attracted drovers from the North, even … Continue reading →

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CCC98: Cobbler Bob

Posted on September 24, 2020 by crispina kemp

The old man ambled along the road Gnarled as the oaks he was passing A much-patched backpack hooked over his shoulders Shoulders already askew from the hump of his back He saw the shoe Looked down at his feet Oh, … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #98

Posted on September 23, 2020 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: Mist on the Water

Posted on September 22, 2020 by crispina kemp

All last Tuesday I’d kept an eye on the weather forecast. Would we have cloud; would we have a good sunset? Two nights before it had been glorious. But how many times can you take photos of a red ball … Continue reading →

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Avebury

Posted on September 21, 2020 by crispina kemp

Megalith: noun, singular, from Ancient Greek megas (great) and líthos, (stone). Naturally occurring megaliths are found throughout the world. Alignments of megaliths are less common and clearly the work of human hands. The best-known English examples are at Stonehenge and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Oulton Village to Hopton

Posted on September 20, 2020 by crispina kemp

Via Flixton Decoy, Flixton Marshes, Somerleyton, Ashby and Lound. 9th September 2020 I know some of you have seen this iconic tree before. It’s not that it marks the start of the walk, though it does mark where we have … Continue reading →

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