Monthly Archives: May 2025

Hooked

Posted on May 31, 2025 by crispina kemp

I think this isn’t the hook they were fishing with off the pier! 22nd May 2025 we travelled south of our county border to visit one of my favourite coastal resorts. But alas, slate grey clouds hid the sun for … Continue reading →

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Our Garden

Posted on May 31, 2025 by crispina kemp

At the bottom of our garden Is a piece of waste, triangular, a gore Hadn’t been tilled since the last war “If we move our fence, we could make that ours” My brother said, “Oh yes, lets” And thus was … Continue reading →

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CCC036: The Grand Declaration

Posted on May 29, 2025 by crispina kemp

Being the eldest, the biggest, the tallest, having the greatest girth, it was only natural that he should be appointed as leader. But that wasn’t a position he wanted. Rather he’d be like the slender youngsters who gathered around him, … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #036

Posted on May 28, 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: May Day Flowers

Posted on May 27, 2025 by crispina kemp

Monday 5th May 2025 is May Day in UK. Here’s some of the photos I took that day on a walk through a wonderful woodland. Enjoy You can’t have May Day without 🔼 daisies and 🔽 May (hawthorn) blossoms 🔼 … Continue reading →

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Seed Fall Chapter 18

Posted on May 26, 2025 by crispina kemp

Chapter Eighteen of my current wip. As before, all and any comments very much appreciated Please note: This is now a weekly post Canipse cricked his neck the better to watch the fliers lift up from the fly-port, his hands … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: May Day Woodland

Posted on May 25, 2025 by crispina kemp

Monday 5th May 2025, being May Day (in the UK) we hopped a bus to the edge of town where a cosy woodland is named on the map as ‘Bluebell Woods’. Please join us for the last of the bluebells … Continue reading →

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That’s Ruined My Date

Posted on May 24, 2025 by crispina kemp

Dressed to the nines Picture perfect for a sexy beast Exactly right for a royal feast Pelting down the lane in the rain With slippers splashing in the puddles Mud splattering up to my middle And now I’m late for … Continue reading →

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CCC035: Dead Gnomes No More Will Grow

Posted on May 22, 2025 by crispina kemp

I sit upon this forest bank Hiding from my miss-played prank Yet how was I to know Dead gnomes no more will grow Even if we plant them in this fertile soil See, to make the dead to live again … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #035

Posted on May 21, 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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