Monthly Archives: June 2026

Friday Flyers

Posted on June 19, 2026 by crispina kemp

This is usually a walk with plentiful butterflies, but not this day. Yet here are those we did see along our walk on 1st June 2026 🔼 ⏫ Painted Ladies are everywhere this year! 🔽 Though some look a little … Continue reading →

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CCC091: All Over Buzzing With Excitation

Posted on June 18, 2026 by crispina kemp

Oh, look! Lulabelle looked at her mother Eyes so wide Leaping, clapping Now flying high All-over buzzing with excitation Lulabelle spread her hands in mystification What? The flowers The flowers The flowers Lulabelle sniffed Then snorted They’d no pretty scent … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #091

Posted on June 17, 2026 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 they are: You respond with something CREATIVE. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Poppies, Roses and More

Posted on June 16, 2026 by crispina kemp

Here for your enjoyment, some of the flowers seen on our walk on 1st June 2026… Setting the theme for the day 🔼 a beautiful Dog Rose 🔽 and an Opium Poppy, garden escapee 🔼 More Dog Roses 🔽 loads more Poppies, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Arable Ways

Posted on June 14, 2026 by crispina kemp

1st June 2026 breaks as another fair day. Yay! Cos I know exactly where I want to walk this morning, an arable landscape liberally peppered with wild roses and poppies. It’ll take us two buses to reach our starting point … Continue reading →

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Ringing the Changes

Posted on June 13, 2026 by crispina kemp

When I started this blog, my avatar was a spider’s web. Truly, it was In 2020, I changed from web to person. Wow, here I am, look! Blurry, it wasn’t the best of phone-cameras. Year 2020. It was a good … Continue reading →

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I Say A Prayer

Posted on June 13, 2026 by crispina kemp

I say a prayer, cast up to heaven Not for a white knight, fast horse Though that’d be nice, of course But for those moments of solitude For those I give my gratitude 33 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyers

Posted on June 12, 2026 by crispina kemp

Some of the winged beings seen during our walk on 27th May 2026. Enjoy. 🔼 Painted Lady, flying in abundance this year!!! 🔽 🔼 Red Admiral, posing 🔽 Green-veined White, lover of the waterways 🔼 Peacock, trying to hide Two oddities: 🔼 … Continue reading →

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CCC090: June’s Flower

Posted on June 11, 2026 by crispina kemp

Me: I claim this rose as mine Friend: Yeah? Why? Me: Because June is my birth month, and June’s flower is the rose Friend: Mmm. Fine, I can get with that. But that makes you a Gemini, forever young, so … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #090

Posted on June 10, 2026 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 they are: You respond with something CREATIVE. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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