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Tuesday Treats: Mostly Flowers

Posted on April 14, 2026 by crispina kemp

More of those photos from 1st April 2026. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed that walk 🔼 Walking through the village, heading to the ‘swamp’ this little vignette caught my eye. Perfect, despite the flowers aren’t … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: A Norfolk Swamp

Posted on April 12, 2026 by crispina kemp

1st April 2026 and we’re off to a little known Norfolk swamp. No kidding. Put your boots on, and let’s go Damgate Carr, on the outskirts of Acle, is a thoroughly wet woodland, and one of the few in the … Continue reading →

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Wisdom

Posted on April 11, 2026 by crispina kemp

Wise are those who will not hide their gems in an iron-bound chest Afraid the administration’s taxman will take it along with the rest Not for them the glittering piles of golden wares An inheritance to pass on to their … Continue reading →

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CCC081: The Doctor’s House

Posted on April 9, 2026 by crispina kemp

The doctor’s house wasn’t on a bus route. I had to pick my way through a waterlogged meadow, deeply pitted by the cattle, then through a wood alive with every kind of biting thing. But eventually there was the road, … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #081

Posted on April 8, 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: Spring, Glorious Spring

Posted on April 7, 2026 by crispina kemp

Some of the flowers seen on our walk on 18th March 2026, and a surprise at the end. Come enjoy this glorious feast for your soul and your eyes… 🔽⏬ Is it any wonder these early flowering plants have found … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Walking On Sunshine

Posted on April 5, 2026 by crispina kemp

Weather forecast for 18th March 2026: gentle wind, gentle warmth, and sunshine. Not going to need the thermals today. So let’s go, let’s walk on sunshine! 🔼 Our destination, Swardeston, and we hop off the bus with a definitive spring … Continue reading →

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Posted on April 4, 2026 by crispina kemp

Biblio: noun, book Phobia: suffix, fear A: prefix, not Abibliophobia: compound noun, fear of running out of books to read. I fully understand that fear. With no kindle in tow, I’ll read the ingredients on a ketchup bottle. Interestingly – … Continue reading →

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CCC080: An Alien World

Posted on April 2, 2026 by crispina kemp

And in a great sweep of magic That could have been tragic I crashed into an alien world My people would cry They’d not understand why How my life-blood was roaring My senses soaring Around me, diamond-spangled Mosses, horns and … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #080

Posted on April 1, 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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