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Crimson’s Creative Challenge 131

Posted on May 12, 2021 by crispina kemp

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 cartoon … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: And Oh What a Treat!

Posted on May 11, 2021 by crispina kemp

27th April we went to Tyrrell’s Wood, an ancient woodland managed by Woodland Trust. We’ve been there many times, could walk the route blindfolded. So this time we went a different way. Oh and how glad I am that we … Continue reading →

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Count me in

Posted on May 10, 2021 by crispina kemp

May the saints bless you, Sammi and hold you safely. Why? Well just look at the word she’s given us! Solitudinarian. I love you, Sammi, for that word is right up my street. Well, not my actual street cos I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: This Green and Pleasant Land

Posted on May 9, 2021 by crispina kemp

Let me take you back to 27th April. Two buses take us (via Norwich) to Long Stratton, a small town built “along” a Roman road. We’re heading to Tyrrell’s Wood, an ancient woodland managed by Woodland Trust. We’ve been there … Continue reading →

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Out Riding Yarmouth Rodes

Posted on May 8, 2021 by crispina kemp

First to explain Yarmouth Rodes: this is the sea between the beach and Scroby Sands where ships wait for the return of the tide to enter the harbour. And that’s what I thought this ship was doing (it being low … Continue reading →

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Never a Song

Posted on May 6, 2021 by crispina kemp

Drifting alongI’ve lost my songI fell from a birdNow I’ll never be heardWhere are I going?Where does the stream take me?To new life, to death?To a reconnection?No, my bird is goneNow never no song

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #130

Posted on May 5, 2021 by crispina kemp

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 cartoon … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: April Flowers

Posted on May 4, 2021 by crispina kemp

That’s all folks. Until next week. Hope you enjoyed this little visit to the flowers of my child-days

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Green Hills and Vales

Posted on May 2, 2021 by crispina kemp

April 22nd. The day arrives for our annual return to our childhood home, to the woods where I played Robin Hood and Sir Ivanhoe, where I learned the names of wild flowers. And from the woods a walk along Marriotts … Continue reading →

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On Beltane Eve

Posted on May 1, 2021 by crispina kemp

Wayward! Wayward? That’s what they said.Wayward, because I wouldn’t follow where they led.Wayward, because I took a different route.Wayward, as if I were a woodland brute.Wayward, because I walked a different way.Wayward! And now I wait for break of dayWhen … Continue reading →

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