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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #181

Posted on April 27, 2022 by crispina kemp

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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: Yellow

Posted on April 26, 2022 by crispina kemp

To me, Spring is typified by two colours: Yellow and Purple. Enjoy The fritillary is a rare flower to find growing wild these days. It comes in those two colours Is it a cowslip or an oxlip? I always muddle … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Not So Common

Posted on April 24, 2022 by crispina kemp

8th April seems so long ago, yet I’ve left us at Fritton Common, and we’ve a bus to catch to take us home. So best we ignore the date and get walking again. Please, come along… At the south of … Continue reading →

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Cyril

Posted on April 23, 2022 by crispina kemp

Cyril is the most annoying creature in the whole wide world. Bad enough that he sneaks into my garden. Bad enough that he digs up my lawn. Bad enough that he’s making that lawn into a pitch and putt course. … Continue reading →

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On a Misty Morning

Posted on April 23, 2022 by crispina kemp

What I couldn’t capture is the sound of the birds, so evocative in the stillness of the turn of the tide and the turn of the day Beginning with M, another title from the list Maria Antonia has given us … Continue reading →

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CCC180: The Problem of a Wooden Castle

Posted on April 21, 2022 by crispina kemp

I didn’t want to marry the earl. But my brother had got in deep with him and together they were conspiring – not that I knew that then. I didn’t know until my husband, the earl, threw the keys to … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #180

Posted on April 20, 2022 by crispina kemp

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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: It’s THAT Season

Posted on April 19, 2022 by crispina kemp

A selection of photos from our walk on 8th April. Apologies if cherry blossoms feature too much, but it is THAT season Sick of cherries yet? So try the last of the daffs instead Or how about primroses… they’re almost … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: An Uncommon Common

Posted on April 17, 2022 by crispina kemp

Friday 8th April, a bus into Norwich, another bus out, and we hop off at Tasburgh, a village on the former Roman Road, now the A140. We’re heading to Fritton Common. Despite the post’s title, there’s nothing outstandingly uncommon about … Continue reading →

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What a Coincidence

Posted on April 16, 2022 by crispina kemp

What a coincidence that Sammi should set us this word for the prompt this week. Why, only last week my brother said to me, “Crisp, you’re good with long words, aren’t you?” “If you say,” I said. “I don’t think … Continue reading →

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