Monthly Archives: October 2020

A Sure Sign

Posted on October 31, 2020 by crispina kemp

This Is It (autumn) another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek No other words needfed

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Pride and Prejudice

Posted on October 30, 2020 by crispina kemp

Answer me, please What did I do? For this isn’t like what I know of you I admit I texted you to take a hike In words more abusive than you’d like But confused, what did this long silence mean? … Continue reading →

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CCC103: Annie’s House

Posted on October 29, 2020 by crispina kemp

Annie’s colleagues didn’t like her. She was stern, they said; she never smiled. Yet with me, she was fine. She invited me to dinner, after work one Friday night. “What the…!” I said when I saw where she lived. She nodded, … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #103

Posted on October 28, 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: A Different World

Posted on October 27, 2020 by crispina kemp

You might have seen the photo I posted for the #2020picoftheweek challenge. But if not… here’s another chance. Fungi and Lichen on a heathland gully I love this last one (Cladonia). Even the lichen says I love you

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This Slice of Light

Posted on October 26, 2020 by crispina kemp

Dark, my bed beneath the world Dark But wait What glimmering? What minor lifting of gloom? It slithers, this slither of light This slice that intrudes, that doesn’t belong. But whence it comes, this fabulous crescent? Has it fallen from … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Woodland, Heathland, Swamp and Marsh

Posted on October 25, 2020 by crispina kemp

Monday. 19th October. Early bus out of Great Yarmouth and a walk along a Sandy Lane… … keeping eyes ever keen for fungi… … and the occasional flower in bloom… … and into Fritton Wood, a pine plantation liberally mixed … Continue reading →

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Lilliput

Posted on October 24, 2020 by crispina kemp

There is a heathland atop the cliffs at Gunton (nr Lowestoft, Suffolk), and the rain has cut a gully. The sides of that gulley are host to heather and lichen… at just the right height to invite my camera… Miniature … Continue reading →

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CCC102: The Long-Shanks

Posted on October 22, 2020 by crispina kemp

“Mally!” His cousin, deep-voiced, called him. “Mally, come on, stop hiding. Me and the boys are going out on the lake.” Malcolm wanted to call in return, not to venture out there. But to alert the others was to give … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #102

Posted on October 21, 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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