Sunday Picture Post: Beneath a Heavy Sky

Posted on March 26, 2023 by crispina kemp

In like a lion, out like a lamb, so they say of March. Our March came in cold and wet. But on the first day we did manage to get out for a walk…to Burlingham Woods.

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Seeking colour in the hedgerows

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Then, behold, there’s colour in the sky…

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It doesn’t last…

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But we’re not yet wet when we arrive at the first part of the woods

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Disappointed that the daffodils aren’t yet in flower…

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Yet the deeper into the woods, the more the flowers…

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And the sun appears. Maybe it won’t rain after all

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The next pic explains what this is

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I love this hazel glade, now hung with catkins

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We detour before taking in the rest of the woods… you’ll see why next Sunday

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Hope you enjoyed our little walk. We had our eyes on that sky, was it to rain or wasn’t it. It had rained earlier, when we first set out, but now the sun was shining.

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Sticky Spring

Posted on March 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

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The horse chestnut’s sticky buds are opening. A sure sign of spring!

Green, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week

Oh, and I almost forgot…

I have a line!

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Message Me

Posted on March 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

image by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay

Royal Mail
Air-Mail
Snail-Mail
E-mail

Changes seen
Since those long-ago days
Of pen-pals
Worldwide.

Now my pen’s put away
Used only for cards
At Christmas
For weddings
And birthdays
Replaced by DMs
And tweets
Less to say.

37 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Mail

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CCC228: Hellabaloo

Posted on March 23, 2023 by crispina kemp

Hellabaloo has had her day
Left, abandoned to decay
No longer sailing with the other boats
No longer able to stay afloat
Hellabaloo, dragged ashore
To sail the wavy blue no more

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge # 228

Posted on March 22, 2023 by crispina kemp

Here’s how it works:

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 newly minted proverb, adage or saying
  • An essay
  • A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:

  • Your creative offering is indeed yours
  • Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it
If you include Crimson’s Creative Challenge as a heading, WP Search will find it (theory) by ‘Searching’ in the WP Reader (fingers crossed)

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats: Details

Posted on March 21, 2023 by crispina kemp

Some of the more detailed shots from our walk 20th February 2023. Enjoy

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And finally, Cladonia… more of a lichen than a fungus…

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Hope you enjoyed. It was a walk I enjoyed. Always helps when the sun shines!

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Beam Me Aboard

Posted on March 19, 2023 by crispina kemp

Image by Graham Collins on Pixabay

Remember the days
When boldly we’d go
Where none before us had ventured
With Kirk to captain us
And Spock as First Officer
With Chief Med – now what was his name?
McCoy, that’s right, the real one!
And Scotty – Montgomery – a dab hand with warp-drives
Oh, only a warp drive – did we never dive through wormholes?
Did space not fold, back in the day?
Did entangling photons not speed us
On USS Enterprise?

73 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Enterprise

 

 

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Sunday Picture Posts: Leaving the Lakes

Posted on March 19, 2023 by crispina kemp

Lound Lakes, 20th February 2023, Part 2

Last week we left the walk as we skid and rumble down the stony path and onto the road. We pick up the walk from there.

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The road runs between two lakes. But the view isn’t good from there. We cross the road and take the trail across the second part of the reserve

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Here we find a bridge that crosses the lake. But that way will take us back to the road. We go look, but we do not cross

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Here’s a good place to watch the waterfowl

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We’re back on the main trail

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This leads us into another woodland

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Hey, close-up pylon, I’m overjoyed!

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This, the third woodland of our walk, is of a different nature. Not much by way of flowers or undergrowth

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We’re about to join another path. Choice here, right into the village, left to head for the bus

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Left also takes us by way of an enchanted pool!

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And up another hill which delivers us to Hopton where we stop for lunch

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Churchyards are always a good place to stop for lunch… they tend to have bench-seats!

Hope you enjoyed. Don’t miss Tuesday Treat for some seasonal flowers

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Retro-Powered

Posted on March 18, 2023 by crispina kemp

6th March 2023

Flowers, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week

I loved this as I passed it along a village street. Couldn’t resist the photo. But for the privacy of the owner, I’ve blanked out the registration number.

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CCC227: In a Land Beloved by Bears

Posted on March 16, 2023 by crispina kemp

There is a land that’s far away
And in that land my true love stays
Sequestered amongst the endless hills
Hidden from the working ills
Might that rainbow take me there
To that land beloved by bears?

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