Crimson’s Creative Challenge #164

Posted on December 29, 2021 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 Treat: Winter Dunes

Posted on December 28, 2021 by crispina kemp

We don’t expect to find much of interest in winter on the dunes, swept by salt-laden winds. Yet I did find a few subjects for my lens.

In a sheltered spot…

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It’s a succulent, but I’m not sure what

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Yay! Fungi

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And lichen, the earliest coloniser of post glacial lands

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Sea buckthorn. I was surprised at how many berries left though they’ve lost their deep orange shine

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And the leaves of sea buckthorn… what few remain

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Sedge holds its colour no matter what comes its way

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What comes is wind… and the wind sweeps the sand… to cover everything

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Tree lupin. A hard frost will blacken them, but not the salt and the wind

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And a final photo, one I couldn’t resist, seen on Lowestoft pier…

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That’s all for now, folks. Wishing you all Peace, Love & Contentment in the coming year

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Sunday Picture Post: Winter Dunes

Posted on December 26, 2021 by crispina kemp

20th December: it took us 2 buses to reach Kessingland beach where the dunes stretch into the distance in mimic of the Gobi desert. Here the marram, so green in the summer, had bleached almost to white. The challenge was to find colour.

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Even the few berries that remained on the sea buckthorn had faded. Made no difference to this blackbird. He still munched on them

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I’m not used to seeing reeds on the beach… but this is a different dune system to the one I’m familiar with at Great Yarmouth

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Here there is water. These quite extensive pools are called slacks

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Patterns left behind by the tide…

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And that sea was a little bit choppy

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Before we leave the dunes and the beach, a look landward at the ever eroding cliffs

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Habitation! And beach huts where traditionally bathers would change in privacy. These days they’re more likely used to shelter from our wonderful English winds!

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We continued our walk along the prom into Lowestoft. But I’m saving those photos for another day. Hope you enjoyed. And Happy Christmas!

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Like a Band of Boys

Posted on December 26, 2021 by crispina kemp

image by Thomas Wolter on Pixabay

Neighbour’s an elderly lady
Quiet
But Christmas Eve
Like a band of boys
What a din
What a noise!

19 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Prompt: Din

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Harbour Lights

Posted on December 25, 2021 by crispina kemp

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I was waiting for the sun to crest the horizon but just couldn’t resist turning the zoom to the distant lights at the harbour’s mouth (perhaps as much as a mile away)

Rule of Thirds, another title achieved from the list for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia.

To show how it works…

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CCC163: Gloria in excelsis

Posted on December 23, 2021 by crispina kemp

Gloria slammed the door on the carol-singers with their “Deck the halls”.

She didn’t want to be jolly. Or rather she wanted to be jolly all on her own. Why, when all year round they left her alone, couldn’t care less if she lived or drowned, must they bully her into enjoying their company? Just because of the season. No! No, no, and no again. She didn’t like company. She didn’t want to sing, at least not their songs. She was okay on her own.

She put on her music, opened a bottle, sank into her chair, and skinned a spliff. NOW Gloria was in excelsis.

Happy Christmas. And please be considerate of your neighbours. Maybe they LIKE to be on their own and do their own thing. That doesn’t mean they are lonely.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #163

Posted on December 22, 2021 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 Treat: Marshland Miscellany

Posted on December 21, 2021 by crispina kemp

Assorted photos taken on our walk from Great Yarmouth to Burgh Castle 9th December. Enjoy.

Reeds… to set the scene

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Cormorant: 9 December 2021 

Love this little fella

Red Shank: 9 December 2021 

Grey heron acting the lifeguard for a group of widgeon

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Greylag… bobbing around

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Oops! I wonder what startled them

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Tenacious leaves of willow

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Pheasants. On zoom

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Ah-ha! Surprise!!!

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All the same species, gathered together in a hazel plantation

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And that’s all folks. Hope you enjoyed

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Winter Solstice

Posted on December 21, 2021 by crispina kemp

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Sunday Picture Post: In the Early Morning

Posted on December 19, 2021 by crispina kemp

9th December, temperature isn’t sub-zero but the wind is keen. You might like to wear thermals. No bus to catch, we’re walking out of town. Which means we catch the sun rise.

The confluence of Bure and Yare, and the town in darkness beyond

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Breydon Bridge… it has become iconic

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And Breydon Water lies ahead

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And behind us…

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It’s called the golden hour for a reason. BTW that’s a puddled path, it’s not a stream

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Breydon’s grazing marshes…

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For a while now this is our route

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Birds are everywhere but too distant for me to get good focus, even with zoom (they keep moving!)

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One of the farms along the way

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There is a road across the marsh, private but locals walk it. Here the weather’s turned

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For me, this is iconic of our grazing marshes

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We arrive at the Queen’s Head (pub) Burgh Castle. We’re going to head up to the Roman fort where the views are amazing…

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I don’t know if I’ll get a walk in next week so I’m holding the rest of the photos in case. Hope you enjoyed

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