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CCC203: In Memory of General Henstead

Posted on September 29, 2022 by crispina kemp

In Honour of General Henstead

In honour of the hero of the Hundred Wars
General Henstead
Courageous, fearless
Nerves of steel
Reputed heartless

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #203

Posted on September 28, 2022 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: A Taste of Autumn

Posted on September 27, 2022 by crispina kemp

I wanted to celebrate with shades of autumn, this weekend being the Autumn Equinox. But the colours of autumn come late to this part of the world, so I’ve raided an old folder. Photos from 17th November 2021

17th November 2021

Join me Sunday for another Norfolk walk, and Tuesday for some more treats. Enjoy your week.

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Sunday Picture Post: Later That Morning

Posted on September 25, 2022 by crispina kemp

Sunday 11th September dawned thick with mist – which made for an enchanting walk in the woods (see last week). But our destination was Lound Lakes, a nature reserve on the Norfolk/Suffolk border.

So… out of the woods and onto the road, threading through arable farmland

11th Sept 2022

Till we come to the field with the cattle

11th Sept 2022

Don’t worry, we’re safe on this path. Those pine trees ahead are part of the reserve

11th Sept 2022

And into another woodland. Mostly *planted* pine, but native silver birch form an elderly understorey

11th Sept 2022

And oak…

11th Sept 2022

We cross a road and pick up a second path…

11th Sept 2022

Which delivers us to an accessible part of the lake

11th Sept 2022

This being a Sunday the place is alive with families which, alas, scares the wildlife away!

11th Sept 2022

But those silver birches sure are photogenic

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The sun now is strong, blasting us as we cross this meadow

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Ah, blessed relief, back into the woods! But see that gate? We won’t be here long

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And up over a hill and down again to catch our bus home

11th Sept 2022

It’s been a beautiful Sunday walk. Hope you’ve enjoyed it.

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All In A Twist

Posted on September 24, 2022 by crispina kemp

20th September 2022

Twisted, another title from the list Maria Antonia has given us for #2022picoftheweek

And I forgot to claim last week’s line. Bingo!

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Maniacal

Posted on September 24, 2022 by crispina kemp

image by Starzy Springer on pixabay

It really isn’t viable
To write a rhyme recognisable
But you know me
It mightn’t be doable
But it’s got to be triable
No, don’t laugh
This really isn’t risible
If only the target could be divisible
Forty-one words, I’m already there
Now for the remainder
Just as a reminder
How many more words?
Twenty-six?
That puts me in a fix
But I shan’t say nix
I’m getting there
Another twelve
Into my rhyming brain I must delve
Definable?
Likable?
Cryable?
Maniacal!

82 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Viable

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CCC202: For All Eternity

Posted on September 22, 2022 by crispina kemp

“For all eternity,” he said as he kissed her beneath the white-berried bough.
“Together always and forever,” she said, soft and low.

On death their souls took residence in their little golden bough
Millennia have passed yet they’re there now
The mistletoe

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged #CCC202, British Flora, Crimson's Creative Challenge, Love Poems, Photos | 22 Comments

Crimson’a Creative Challenge #202

Posted on September 21, 2022 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

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats: The First Autumnal Breath

Posted on September 20, 2022 by crispina kemp

September, and the spiders are busy spinning webs that catch the misty droplets. And fungi begin to appear… Enjoy

11th Sept 2022

It was the tree, not me, who dropped that leaf!

11th Sept 2022

That’s all for now, Folks. Hope you enjoyed these first signs of autumn (a welcome arrival in my tiny corner of the land where it’s been a long hot dry summer)