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Powder Puff Young

Posted on June 8, 2019 by crispina kemp

A riverside walk unexpectedly turned into a family meeting when a swan and her young came to greet us … No denying it. Those cygnets qualify from the 2019picoftheweek challenge title Soft. For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge see MariaAntonia

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CCC#30: A Ramblers Tale

Posted on June 6, 2019 by crispina kemp

Now settle down and listen well, for a rambler’s tale I here do tell: I walked, you see … Through fens and fields in various states, over broken stiles and five-bar gates; I took a break upon a bank (shoes … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #30

Posted on June 5, 2019 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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Of Brimstone and Butterflies

Posted on June 4, 2019 by crispina kemp

‘Oh wow!’ exclaimed the camera-cluttered photographer, ‘how am I ever to capture this?’ With his camera setting changed to “burst”—what more could he do—he followed the mercurial mating dance of the brimstone butterfly. 38 words Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing … Continue reading →

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This Eden in the East

Posted on June 3, 2019 by crispina kemp

Far out to sea beneath the heavy swell There is a land the ancients trod, so I hear tell. Their way of life we cannot know, What they ate, what plants did grow; They fished, of that no doubts I’ve … Continue reading →

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Arrested Motion

Posted on June 2, 2019 by crispina kemp

Last week I featured two butterflies and remarked that the restless flutterers tend only to pose with wings displayed for the patient photographer in the early morning in early season and on a warm day. This first photo shows an … Continue reading →

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Bee a Good Helper

Posted on June 1, 2019 by crispina kemp

I impose my own criterion for my Sunday Picture Post: Whether Flora or Fauna, they must be native and found growing wild. But occasionally I find something simply stunning, that doesn’t conform. Fortunate for me, one of the titles in … Continue reading →

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CCC#29: Knight Vigil

Posted on May 30, 2019 by crispina kemp

Yesterday a squire, Tomorrow a knight. And for this darkness between? The wizard had told him to pray for a vision; A vision would show him what he would be. But now first light was breaking, and no vision granted. … Continue reading →

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Of Oak Apples and Kings

Posted on May 29, 2019 by crispina kemp

A couple of weeks back (11th May), in answer to MariaAntonia’s #picoftheweek challenge, I featured an oak gall (The Very Gall). An oak gall is also known—incorrectly—as an oak apple. These are oak apples. It’s the gall’s immature form—the newly … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #29

Posted on May 29, 2019 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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