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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

Posted in Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged Poem, Sammi's Weekend Writing Prompt, Sci-fi | 22 Comments

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.

20th February 2023

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

20th February 2023

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

20th February 2023

Here’s a good place to watch the waterfowl

20th February 2023

We’re back on the main trail

20th February 2023

This leads us into another woodland

20th February 2023

Hey, close-up pylon, I’m overjoyed!

20th February 2023

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

20th February 2023

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

20th February 2023

Left also takes us by way of an enchanted pool!

20th February 2023

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

20th February 2023

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

Posted in Photos | Tagged Photos, Suffolk Walks, Woodland | 16 Comments

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.

Posted in Photos | Tagged #2023picoftheweek, Photo | 14 Comments

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?

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged #CCC227, Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poem | 16 Comments

Crimson’s Creative Challenge # 227

Posted on March 15, 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: More Seasonal Pics

Posted on March 14, 2023 by crispina kemp

A few seasonal pics from our walk of 20th February 2023. Enjoy!!!

20th February 2023

And we can’t leave the lakes without at least one shot at the ducks…with camera, of course

20th February 2023

Hope you enjoyed. With what seems the return of winter here in UK, it’s good to remember that Spring has come

Posted in Photos | Tagged British Fauna, British Flora, Photos | 4 Comments

Sunday Picture Post: A Walk to the Lakes

Posted on March 12, 2023 by crispina kemp

20th February dawns bright and sunny. Yay! We set out early, although we’ve not far to go, just to the southern bounds of the county. We’re walking to Lound Lakes. This is Part One: the “going to” part.

We thread our way though a little woodland.