Monthly Archives: January 2021

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #115

Posted on January 20, 2021 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: Dune Communities

Posted on January 19, 2021 by crispina kemp

To the north, south, and east of Great Yarmouth are dunes, one-time grazing for sheep, one-time a place to draw up the fishing boats and mend the nets. These days a swathe of those dunes are lost to housing and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: A Frosty 10-Mile Walk

Posted on January 17, 2021 by crispina kemp

Saturday 9th January, the day dawns bright. The Met Office claims low wind speeds. Great, a good day for a walk. It’s late before I set out but the overnight frost remains thick on the ground With covid lockdown re-enforced, … Continue reading →

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All That Glitters

Posted on January 16, 2021 by crispina kemp

On this one bush alone there were at least 50 such sparkles. I was happy to capture just these few. Sparkles, from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia.

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CCC114: Safe in Isolation

Posted on January 14, 2021 by crispina kemp

Someone had been there. How could I tell? Was it the lingering scent? Or the hairs, short and red, surely from a fox? Maybe it was the prints melted through the frozen mud? No, it was that break in the … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #114

Posted on January 13, 2021 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 Treats: Details

Posted on January 12, 2021 by crispina kemp

Hi. A week of rain kept me in but Saturday dawned bright so I put on my thermals and shoes and off I went, getting a head-start, as it happened, on a head cold. These photos are just a few … Continue reading →

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My Life Of Late

Posted on January 11, 2021 by crispina kemp

Sat: Fireworks lit the laptop’s screen. Graphics chip. I’d bought a new machine the day before Lockdown closed our shops. But all had seemed well and so… Sun: Powered the laptop. It groaned and whined. The fan. I persisted and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: New Year’s Blues

Posted on January 10, 2021 by crispina kemp

With no desire to bring you down, yet our walk from Great Yarmouth to Gorleston beach was mostly undertaken in blue light. There was a heavy fog. Temperatures below freezing. But in the early dawn, it was wondrously quiet!!! We … Continue reading →

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The Distant Moon

Posted on January 9, 2021 by crispina kemp

To the southwest, the sun had sunk beneath the distant horizon. I turned around, intending to leave my vantage point. And there, above the lights of Great Yarmouth train station, was the moon. And for this, I claim the title, … Continue reading →

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