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Friday Fliers

Posted on July 18, 2025 by crispina kemp

Butterflies from our walk on 8th July 2025, Part 1. Enjoy 🔼🔽 Ringlet, our first this year. And then there were loads! Large skipper 🔽 the only one to allow a photograph Two very similar: Meadow brown 🔼🔽 and gatekeeper … Continue reading →

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CCC043: To Connect

Posted on July 17, 2025 by crispina kemp

What’s a bridge? A construct – seldom natural To link To connect To facilitate ease of communication Between two disparate parts To span a chasm To acknowledge two sides Perhaps to unite a shattered world

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #043

Posted on July 16, 2025 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 there are: You respond with something CREATIVE. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: First Flowers of July

Posted on July 15, 2025 by crispina kemp

As usual, a mostly-floral miscellany of photos taken during our walk on 8th July 2025. Enjoy Meadowsweet, which was used in brewing before the Dutch hopped the North Sea to bring us hops! 🔼🔽 Raspberries grow naturally wild in our … Continue reading →

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Seed Fall Ch25

Posted on July 14, 2025 by crispina kemp

Chapter Twenty-Five of my current wip. As before, all and any comments very much appreciated Please note: This is a weekly post The hemp and cotton looked ready to harvest, doubtless sown by the outgoing workers. But what did Jess … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Damgate and Beyond

Posted on July 13, 2025 by crispina kemp

8th July 2025 and though the weather forecast was undecided we decided we’d get out there. Not being sure of next week’s walk, I’m dividing the photos across two weeks. Let’s go… Damgate Carr, at Acle, is a wetland woodland … Continue reading →

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Here’s Not A Pretty Tale

Posted on July 12, 2025 by crispina kemp

Rosa, a pleasant girl from along our street Dainty, petite and oh so sweet That’s the setting, now for the tale Lost both her parents, house up for sale Had to leave before yet she’d grieved Headed south to the … Continue reading →

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Friday Fliers: In an English Town Garden

Posted on July 11, 2025 by crispina kemp

Because I haven’t had a chance to walk my camera until late this week, I’ve been taking shots of the butterflies that visit my garden. Although not of great variety, they do appear in amazing numbers. Enjoy Peacock Butterflies 🔼🔽⏬ … Continue reading →

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CCC042: Humins Of A Feather

Posted on July 10, 2025 by crispina kemp

Two old crows sitting on a gate Cawing about those peculiar furless primates And have you heard them talk about us? Aye, a murder, they call us As if they’re so peaceable Aye, humins of a feather, that’s what I … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #042

Posted on July 9, 2025 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 there are: You respond with something CREATIVE. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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