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The Lazy Ladies’ Field Trip

Posted on November 10, 2018 by crispina kemp

That’s right, my loves, take the weight off your feet. Must be awful, standing all day in that field. I think you’ll agree, this photo qualifies for the #2018picoftheweek title, Relaxation  

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BETA READERS WANTED

Posted on November 8, 2018 by crispina kemp

BETA READERS WANTED For Mythic Fantasy Quest The Asaric Tales quint … … begins in an age before the gods, in the between-time when ice gave way to warmer days, when nomadic hunter-fisher clans turned to settled agriculture, when villages … Continue reading →

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Asaric Tales e-book update #12

Posted on November 4, 2018 by crispina kemp

Another month and what have I done? Am I nearer to my goal of e-publication? I’d say yes. Asaric Axis (Asaric Tales Book Two) Though it was late in the month before I tackled the amendments suggested by my beta … Continue reading →

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Once Upon A Brittle Stem

Posted on November 3, 2018 by crispina kemp

Last Monday I went for a walk … into Fairy Land. All along the side of the path … it must have continued for as much as mile … these fairy trees. I’m not sure which of the brittlestem species … Continue reading →

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Amongst the Leaves. Pink.

Posted on October 30, 2018 by crispina kemp

Fungi come in many colours: from mushroom-grey to pastel-pink via reds and purples, yellows and greens (though they’re less often seen). Last Monday’s walk began with this in fawnish-yellow … and ended in pink … Ah, aren’t they pretty!

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A Woodland Walk

Posted on October 28, 2018 by crispina kemp

As Marriots Way leaves the Norfolk village of Attlebridge on its remaining ten miles that culminate at the walls of Norwich, it passes through a pine plantation to one side and a chestnut woods to the other. It’s kick-up leaves … Continue reading →

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After Dark

Posted on October 27, 2018 by crispina kemp

So I arrived home after Monday’s walk with thoughts of a hot coffee, a hot meal, and a warm bath … to utter darkness. Not a glimmer of light. What! A phone call later—oh, it’s a power cut, and the … Continue reading →

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Not Another Fungus

Posted on October 25, 2018 by crispina kemp

This week’s walk, ten miles along Marriots Way, yielded loads of the trooping toadstools. And these little beauties …. I was particularly taken with the colour-combo here, that delicate apricot amongst the fading green (almost blue) of the dying pine. … Continue reading →

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Oops! Naughty Nature

Posted on October 21, 2018 by crispina kemp

There is a smell that pervades the damp woods at this time of year. And those with keen noses are liable to stumble upon one of Nature’s naughty secrets. Though it’s called a ‘stinkhorn’, I don’t find the smell at … Continue reading →

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After the rain …

Posted on October 20, 2018 by crispina kemp

After the rain, the fungi appear. But that’s not the focus of this photo. It’s that myriad of tiny waterdrops. #2018picoftheweek: Liquid As to the mushroom, I almost stood on it, so small and lost in the long grass.

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