Author Archives: crispina kemp

About crispina kemp

Spinner of Asaric and Mythic tales

Behind the Garden Shed

Posted on January 27, 2020

I knew a family of imps when I was a kid Lived behind the garden shed My folks never saw them Cos whenever they looked the imps promptly hid I’d talk to them often though they’d rather play Games vicious … Continue reading →

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Sunday Fungi: The Blob

Posted on January 26, 2020

No, not the classic sci-fi movie, but probably the most un-fungus-looking fungus, White Brain (Exidia thuretiana) Well I did promise you a potential alien… 🙂

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The Wall

Posted on January 25, 2020

There is a wall around our town, which aptly fits Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek challenge title of Around Town. Of the many intact stretches of the wall, I picked this one cos… well, seems someone might be living there. The wall dates to … Continue reading →

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CCC#63: A Picture of Me?

Posted on January 23, 2020

Who? Me? You want to make a picture of me? Ow, but that’s… a-maaazing. Me? Are you sure you want me? And I suppose you’ll want me to smile? Oh dear. No, you’ll have to come back in a while. … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #63

Posted on January 22, 2020

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN 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 … Continue reading →

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Mr McGoo

Posted on January 21, 2020

Mr McGoo supped too much brew It’s true, phew, he hadn’t a clue He slumped on the pew with only one shoe Ignored all the fuss, looking askew Till sobered anew Written from Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Anew in 31 … Continue reading →

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What Pegman Saw: A Score and a Half of Children

Posted on January 20, 2020

Izzy checked the address – such an English-looking cottage, with rambling roses over the porch; she knocked on the door. “Aunt Bessy?” Her voice trembled, shocked to see a woman whose iron-grey hair was crisp as a person of colour. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Fungi: Fungal Art

Posted on January 19, 2020

I don’t claim to identify this fungus with utter confidence, but I’d hazard a guess at the Hairy Curtain Crust. No, I’m not kidding; that is its name. As with the other curtains and resupinate crusts, it becomes particularly visible … Continue reading →

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The Plot

Posted on January 18, 2020

I live between river and sea, potential enough to fulfil Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek challenge title of Water. I have folders full of photos of water… placid water, for the refective surfaces fascinate me. But what I liked here was the … Continue reading →

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CCC#62: He has his life…

Posted on January 16, 2020

He was apprenticed to a tailor, learned to cut a gentleman’s suit, learned to sew it and with his stitching to effect the gentle roll and fall of his collar. He learned to shape the latest fashions, though these he’d … Continue reading →

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