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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #117

Posted on February 3, 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 … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: Frozen in Rime

Posted on February 2, 2021 by crispina kemp

Sunday 24th January being a freezing foggy day, I didn’t go far: the local churchyard and the dunes. Here’s what I saw… …and then to the shore… Hope you enjoyed. Now it’s time to go home, thaw out the fingers … Continue reading →

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Nah, You’ve Gotta Be Kidding

Posted on February 1, 2021 by crispina kemp

It’s your confusing style Your ghost of a smile Your softly formed profile Not strong and agile But disturbingly juvenile It’s your decadent lifestyle A voluntary exile Lived on a fantasy isle Away from the rank and file You’re barely … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Gothic Mornings

Posted on January 31, 2021 by crispina kemp

Sunday 24th January begins with frost and fog. I’m advised not to venture out in such weather. So no 10-miler today. Instead, I keep it local Overlooking the Yare from Haven Bridge, a few steps from mine St Nicholas Churchyard… … Continue reading →

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Here to Announce the Sun’s Return

Posted on January 30, 2021 by crispina kemp

The hazel has made a start on hanging out its flags to welcome the Sun Spring in the Air, from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia

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CCC116: Changes

Posted on January 28, 2021 by crispina kemp

They’d just made a start on building this bridge when I moved to this town. Where Asada now stands was a pipe-yard. Pipes for what I don’t know but they came in all sizes and made for fantastic photos. Part … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #116

Posted on January 27, 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 … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treat: Beach Photographer

Posted on January 26, 2021 by crispina kemp

Hope you enjoyed my last Beach Photography feature, cos here’s some more: The things beneath our feet we tend not to see… During the blue hour even the sand tints blue… The red stone is a sea-rolled house brick Sea-mat … Continue reading →

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His Love Goes On

Posted on January 26, 2021 by crispina kemp

11th January I posted that my father had tested positive for Covid. At 100+ year he might be expected to succumb to that, so you can imagine our delight when he recovered. But yesterday he took a tumble and bashed … Continue reading →

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A Party of Non-Celebration

Posted on January 25, 2021 by crispina kemp

It has become all the fashion To affine to a political faction Either you’ve got the passion Or you’re out of the action Myself, I can’t see the attraction Of this false elevation In claiming a party of non-celebration 39 … Continue reading →

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