Monthly Archives: February 2025

CCC023: The Last of the Winter Rime

Posted on February 27, 2025 by crispina kemp

Spring was waiting on the doorstep This was the last chance While other creatures slept To dance around the countryside So over the hills he skipped And o’er the blackberry’s ruby leaves It was over the thatches And a whisper … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #023

Posted on February 26, 2025 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: Spring, Springing.

Posted on February 25, 2025 by crispina kemp

Some additional photos from our farmland walk on 18th February 2025. Enjoy It isn’t spring without at least one violet, nor without the cheeky call of the bluetit Blackthorn (sloe) is the first of the cherry family to spread its … Continue reading →

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Seed Fall Ch 8

Posted on February 24, 2025 by crispina kemp

Chapter Eight of my current wip. As before, all and any comments very much appreciated Wide-eyed, Li-Kerbi watched as her mother caused disarray. Bamboo dishes rattled against the wooden beams. Great scoops of white meal – meal that Li-Kerbi herself … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Farmland Walk

Posted on February 23, 2025 by crispina kemp

18th February 2025, the forecast is for sun, though also an easterly wind that’s going to bring the temperature down. But hey, my camera is wailing, it wants to go out. We hop an early bus across the marsh and … Continue reading →

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Farmland Lines

Posted on February 22, 2025 by crispina kemp

I’ve only walked the camera twice this month so the range of photos is more limited that usual. But I looked at the titles Maria has given us and I thought, yea, I’ve got a shot that incorporates a pattern. … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found, My Silver Ring

Posted on February 22, 2025 by crispina kemp

I lost my silver ring Everywhere I looked Couldn’t find the thing Looked in the outbuilding The so-called ‘barn-ish’ Where Mum used to send Pops To tart up his carving With varnish Nah, it wasn’t there So I stopped looking … Continue reading →

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Friday Extra: Lichen and Fungi

Posted on February 21, 2025 by crispina kemp

Hope you like lichen. These, along with the few fungi shots are from this week’s walk. I don’t use macro lens or setting, these are just as they come. For those who do like them, enjoy Doubly whammy here: as … Continue reading →

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CCC022: Aw Shucks!

Posted on February 20, 2025 by crispina kemp

Me and Timmy, devil-dare bro Off on a cycling-camping tour we go Comes to these ruins, like, on a hill Look good to us, perfect, brill Locals in pub purse lips and tut On about some scary black dog known … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #022

Posted on February 19, 2025 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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