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Sunday Picture Post: Along the Chet Valley

Posted on March 16, 2025 by crispina kemp

Hooray, 4th March 2025 promises to be a dry sunny day. So it’s on with the shoes and off we go early, cos we’re heading to the very rural Chet Valley, and that’s two buses just to arrive at the … Continue reading →

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The Emperor

Posted on March 15, 2025 by crispina kemp

He was the worst emperor they’d ever known A buffoon, a dictator, a clown He said he had the people’s mandate Then proceeded to do what he wanted to do His subjects howled and told him to go But he … Continue reading →

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CCC025: Alien-Nation

Posted on March 13, 2025 by crispina kemp

The swamp, it is a lonely place Inhabited only by an alien race Not human, that’s for sure Lay eggs that look like squishy burrs Then stick them on a human tree Like lice in hair, like pussy-fleas And so … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #025

Posted on March 12, 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: Last of This February’s Details

Posted on March 11, 2025 by crispina kemp

Some of the details from our walk on 23rd February 2025. Plenty here for fungi and lichen lovers. Enjoy When I pass by a wall and see this delightful moss, the camera has to come out Beach photography. Love to … Continue reading →

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Seed Fall Chapter 9

Posted on March 10, 2025 by crispina kemp

Chapter Nine of my current wip. As before, all and any comments very much appreciated “Oh-oh.” Kookka gave a nod down towards the fly-port, to where the three Techs and a certain catering ops overseer had gathered. They seemed to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: February’s Beach and Park

Posted on March 9, 2025 by crispina kemp

23rd February 2025 promised to be a sunny day. But, oh dear, high winds forecast for the afternoon. With it also being a Sunday, when the bus service isn’t grand, we decided to walk our cameras close to home. As … Continue reading →

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A Song For Didz

Posted on March 8, 2025 by crispina kemp

That girl of mine Drove me crazy First up in the clouds Then down in the pits Never gave me a definite answer But now she has a diagnosis Now she’s positive And decisive Now she’s got the meds 39 … Continue reading →

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CCC024: For To Keep

Posted on March 6, 2025 by crispina kemp

I woke again into the day As a repetitious dream fell away Of the woodland bare The reverberating sounds Of footsteps near I’m followed by another Yet as I look around There is no one there I’m not a fool … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #024

Posted on March 5, 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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