Monthly Archives: October 2024

Sunday Picture Post: Between the Villages

Posted on October 20, 2024 by crispina kemp

28th September 2024, a warm and sunny day, we’re walking between the villages, but not through them. Which means rural lands and footpaths edging on mostly arable lands. Please join us. Not all fields are ‘farmed’. I’ve a feeling this … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Pleasure

Posted on October 19, 2024 by crispina kemp

Life is a lesson we want not to learn Without merits, demerits or rewards to earn A lesson with a curriculum that covers pain Emotional Physical Mental Again and again We long for the school bell to ding-a-ling A release … Continue reading →

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After the Ugly Bug’s Ball

Posted on October 17, 2024 by crispina kemp

What a ball! What a night! What utter exhaustion! Had to pause Had to wait For my wings to dry out Then we’ll party again… Written for Pick A Pic Week 4, pic #3

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Pick A Pic Week #4

Posted on October 16, 2024 by crispina kemp

Every Wednesday I’ll post FOUR photos (if you want to get a head start you’ll find them marked in that week’s Sunday Picture Post and Tuesday Treats). Lots of choice! And here there are: You respond with something CREATIVE. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: All Sorts of Everything

Posted on October 15, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few of the details from our walk on 21st September 2024. Enjoy Berry season: spindle and sloes make for a prolific and colourful display While holly and lord and ladies colour us red Chestnuts and acorns provide the nuts … Continue reading →

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The Show Must Go On

Posted on October 14, 2024 by crispina kemp

I loved working in the theatre. Not that it was always fun. Such as when the owners needed my secretarial skills and gave dictation ‘by committee’ – such confusion that could be. And then there was acting P.A. to visiting … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Return to Norfolk (Lound Part 2)

Posted on October 13, 2024 by crispina kemp

21st September 2024, we’ve bused to Hopton, south of the county border, to walk back via Lound Lakes nature reserve. Last week we left the walk at the main lake. Now we resume. Please join us The morning mist stretches … Continue reading →

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Lost Amongst The Mosses

Posted on October 10, 2024 by crispina kemp

Lost amongst the lichens and the mosses She opens her petals, the day to grace We don’t know her name But all the same That little white flower’s more precious than finest lace For Pic #3, Wk 3

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Pick A Pic Week #3

Posted on October 9, 2024 by crispina kemp

Every Wednesday I’ll post FOUR photos (if you want to get a head start you’ll find them marked in that week’s Sunday Picture Post and Tuesday Treats). Lots of choice! And here there are: You respond with something CREATIVE. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: A Mishmash Miscellany

Posted on October 8, 2024 by crispina kemp

A miscellany of photos from our walk 21st September 2024 in the order they came off my camera. Can you match them to the photos in Sunday Picture Post? Regardless, enjoy… Yellow toadflax, a reliable late flowerer Flowers amidst the … Continue reading →

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