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Tuesday Treats: Early June Flowers

Posted on June 18, 2024 by crispina kemp

Photos of flowers seen on our visit to Whitlingham Country Park 5th June 2024 (birds and things next week). Enjoy Honeysuckle and blackberry bramble along the lane to the park Dog Rose (Rosa canina), so many of these I could … Continue reading →

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Grandma’s Attic Chapter Thirteen

Posted on June 17, 2024 by crispina kemp

Continuing the story of Thredwyl’s adventure. Read it all FOR FREE on Thredwyl’s very own site * * * Thredwyl would rather the door to Professor Angelus Margev’s inner sanctum was left open, if only a crack, lest he needed … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Whitlingham in June

Posted on June 16, 2024 by crispina kemp

On our last visit to Whitlingham Country Park, back in January, the walk around the lake was inaccessible because of flooding. Now, 5th June 2024, we’re hoping to complete the circuit. But will it be possible after so much rain? … Continue reading →

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Quaint They Ain’t

Posted on June 15, 2024 by crispina kemp

Billy is a massive guy Stands so tall he reaches the sky Stretches his arms and mills the cloud Of every letter he/she/they is Rainbow Proud But quaint he ain’t. Sarah’s folks Often choke When professing She’s a little Princess … Continue reading →

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CCC292: Love John Deere

Posted on June 13, 2024 by crispina kemp

A walker of the rural lanes Often encounters hard-grafting tractors A walker of the rural lanes Must often clamber up a precipitous bank There to watch the tractor pass them by But a walker of the narrow lanes Might delight … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #292

Posted on June 12, 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: Late May Flowers

Posted on June 11, 2024 by crispina kemp

Some of the flowers found along the way 23rd May 2024. Enjoy My camera’s hungry, it’s snapping the flowers before we’re even out of the village White and pink campions Foxgloves and the rain splotched leaves of possibly mullein Alkanet … Continue reading →

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Grandma’s Attic: Chapter Twelve

Posted on June 10, 2024 by crispina kemp

Continuing the story of Thredwyl’s adventure. Read it all FOR FREE on Thredwyl’s very own site * * * Thredwyl, a creature of the deepest caves, from the widest caverns to the tiniest bone-constricting cubbies, needed no light to feel … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: How Far To Tharston

Posted on June 9, 2024 by crispina kemp

23rd May 2024, and I’m recovering from the first bout of flu I’ve had since 2014. But I missed our walk last week and so, despite a dodgy weather forecast, the shoes are on and we’re out. Bus into Norwich, … Continue reading →

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Surprise!

Posted on June 8, 2024 by crispina kemp

“Don’t go in there!” Sylvia’s panicked words had the opposite effect. Joanna waited for Sylvia to disappear into the kitchen. The clink and rattle of crocks and pans assured Joanna that Sylvia would be distracted. Joanna sniffed. Hints of a … Continue reading →

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