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Sunday Picture Post: A Suffolk Walk

Posted on March 17, 2024 by crispina kemp

27th February 2024, after yet more rain, where to walk? Let’s keep away from muddy fields and farm tracks. Good idea. Let’s walk some lanes south of the (county) border. We’re headed to Lound Lakes Nature Reserve. Please join us… … Continue reading →

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The Mythical Land of Man and His Kind

Posted on March 16, 2024 by crispina kemp

No one had ever said of Klukelunnen that he was wise. Adventuresome, aye, and brave; some might say to the point of stupidity for he never could turn his back on a challenge. Not ever. Aye, and that was the … Continue reading →

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CCC279: Bequeathed

Posted on March 14, 2024 by crispina kemp

When as a newlywed I first moved to this village my retirement dream was to have a cottage set into the woods. I would have all the latest electronic gadgetry to create spooky effects – gates that creaked open when … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #279

Posted on March 13, 2024 by crispina kemp

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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash fiction) A poem A … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: February Fungi and Flowers #2

Posted on March 12, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few of the delights seen on our walk 23rd February 2024. Enjoy… Violets, primroses and snowdrops, harbingers of spring And let’s not forget the charming heliotrope Pussy willow… Black Poplar catkins, not quite out yet So many early flowering … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Despite The Floods

Posted on March 10, 2024 by crispina kemp

What a wet winter we’ve had! The land hasn’t time to soak up one drenching before the next one arrives. But, always resolute adventurers, 23rd February 2024 we hop the bus to Acle and take a chance. We’re walking to … Continue reading →

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Her Greatest Desire

Posted on March 9, 2024 by crispina kemp

It was her dream, her ambition, her greatest desire It’s what had set her body on fire And how that fire consumed her flesh Though never from monstrous form, a sylph did wrest That wasn’t how the Mothers granted her … Continue reading →

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CCC278: Mary At The Garden Gate

Posted on March 7, 2024 by crispina kemp

Mary at the garden gate Wondering why her love is late She is dead but he is not Two bullets bought, one not shot  

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #278

Posted on March 6, 2024 by crispina kemp

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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash fiction) A poem A … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Treats: February’s Fungi and Flowers

Posted on March 5, 2024 by crispina kemp

Photos from our walk on 17th February 2024. Enjoy… Hazel catkins and a flowering Ribes (a garden escapee, it has to be!) Blackthorn aka Quick Thorn Snowdrops, they’re everywhere… And magical Celandines. I love these! But they only show their … Continue reading →

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