Monthly Archives: May 2022

CCC184: The Border Trench

Posted on May 19, 2022 by crispina kemp

It took one hundred men one hundred years to dig out the border trench one hundred feet deep. But that was one thousand years ago. Time has filled it with silt and drift. Today it took me less than ten … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #184

Posted on May 18, 2022 by crispina kemp

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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Flowers and… Things

Posted on May 17, 2022 by crispina kemp

Spring is the best time for wild flowers. Please browse with me what Nature offers us… It is the time for apples and pears… And May (hawthorn) of course… It’s a time for daisies… these are stitchwort These too are … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Happing on Flordon Common

Posted on May 15, 2022 by crispina kemp

Out of nowhere, without the slow build usual of spring, Friday 6th May is going to be hot. Not roasting-hot, not height of the summer-hot, but hot.  So fill those water-bottles, pack your sunscreen, and come along with me. Two … Continue reading →

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Marguerite

Posted on May 14, 2022 by crispina kemp

Marguerite wasn’t used to this Crammed together with her sisters In the nursery Now she’d been bought She had the spotlight 21 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Spotlight

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Along The Street

Posted on May 14, 2022 by crispina kemp

This charming cottage is visible only in the winter, in summer obscured by trees and herbage, as if the seasons play hide and seek with it. Hide and Seek, another title from the list Maria Antonia has given us for … Continue reading →

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CCC183: That Was Harry

Posted on May 12, 2022 by crispina kemp

That was Harry Fishing was his life Every spare moment Neglecting his wife Their 15th anniversary She bought him a stove Asked the local Tesco’s To deliver his food Friends asked her Don’t you get jealous Of all those fish? … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #183

Posted on May 11, 2022 by crispina kemp

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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: Flowers, Feathers, Wings and Things

Posted on May 10, 2022 by crispina kemp

A selection of photos taken on my walk 25th April 2022. Hope you enjoy And finally, for fungi lovers I do hope you’ve enjoyed. 25th April 2022 was a fantastic walk. I came home with 597 photos. It’s not been … Continue reading →

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Bluebell Wood

Posted on May 9, 2022 by crispina kemp

Photos taken 25th April 2022 in Green Hills Woods, Costessey. Feast your eyes. Sorry I can’t share with you the divine scent that filled that wood and made us quite giddy. But as precious as the bluebells are, to me … Continue reading →

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