Tuesday Treats: Coastal Flowers

Posted on May 31, 2022 by crispina kemp

Flowers seen along the way when we walked from Lowestoft to Gorleston, mostly on cliffs. Enjoy…

Alexanders: 15th May 2022 

With Hedge Parsley: 15th May 2022 

Tamarix: 15th May 2022 

Tamarix up-close: 15th May 2022 

Pimpernel: 15th May 2022 

Ox-eye Daisies: 15th May 2022 

Corn Marigolds & Vetch: 15th May 2022 

Teasel: 15th May 2022 

Fumitory: 15th May 2022 

Tree Lupin: 15th May 2022 

Tree Lupin up-close: 15th May 2022 

Bird’s Foot Trefoil: 15th May 2022 

Valerian: 15th May 2022 

Hope you enjoyed. That’s all for now folks. Check in next week for a different plant community…

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Bred in Captivity

Posted on May 30, 2022 by crispina kemp

image by Alexas Fotos on pixabay

There was a fuss
A to-do
The day the animals escaped from the zoo
There was dissent
And much disapproval
At the suggestion of the zoo’s removal
Bred in captivity
Unequipped for urban survival
Freedom was good but not a valid revival
Liberty is best kept for the already free!
Nets and drugs might be given a try
But never guns: that caused an outcry!

65 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Outcry

 

 

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Sunday Picture Post: Back Down to the Sea

Posted on May 29, 2022 by crispina kemp

Resuming the walk from Lowestoft to Gorleston on 15th May, we’d reached Corton Woods… now to continue

15th May 2022

Having untangled ourselves from the web of paths, we head back to the sea… to find it’s almost low tide. Truly

15th May 2022

So we take the cliff path… oops! We’ve run out of land. Try again

15th May 2022

There is beach down there but it’s too dangerous and all access is blocked

15th May 2022

We continue along the cliff path. We’re heading to that misty-greyness in the distance

15th May 2022

Closer now, we can see destination. Still a misty-greyness…

15th May 2022

You want to see the sea? You want to walk down there? Not on your Nelly!

15th May 2022

Ah! Sand. Beach. And a lot of  teasels. Ok, it’s now safe to go down…

15th May 2022

The last leg, north Hopton to south Gorleston and the sea defences are weary and worn and no longer effective

15th May 2022

I like playing… but not when the sea is crashing over me!

15th May 2022

The last stretch…

15th May 2022

Erosion, a story repeated all along this coast

15th May 2022

And we’re there, Gorleston beach

15th May 2022

Hope you enjoyed the walk. Here we stop for a coffee before heading off to the bus to take us back across the river.

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Train Spotting

Posted on May 28, 2022 by crispina kemp

20 May 2022

On 20th May we went to Sheringham on North North Coast. The weather wasn’t good, but the trains* were…

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

* North Norfolk Heritage Railway

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CCC185: Always Remembered

Posted on May 26, 2022 by crispina kemp

The others were tall and elegant, with bodies well-formed and gowns structured and firm.

She was short, her body weak and weedy, her gown flimsy, easily torn.

They had a sameness, she was different; when together, she stood out, alone yet not forlorn.

Poppy her name, chosen always to be remembered.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #185

Posted on May 25, 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 Treat: Flowers of Sand and Peat

Posted on May 24, 2022 by crispina kemp

Where the bus stops there is a park, quite delightful with ornamental trees, a cafe, music concerts, and run-around-lawns for the kids. We pass through on the way to the promenade…

Rhododendron: 15th May 2022 

Even the concrete promenade has flowers… for those with eyes. Love how the salt has changed the leaves to purple

Dandelion relative: 15th May 2022 

On the dunes, a tiny flower

Unidentified, guessing at cranesbill: 15th May 2022 

Dune Rose, Sand Rose, Rosa Rugossa… take your pick

15th May 2022 

And choose your colour

15th May 2022 

This next one’s protected (means it’s rare & endangered) so DON’T pick it

Sea Kale: 15th May 2022 

15th May 2022 

Atop the cliff… gorse, of course

15th May 2022 

And into the woods… a Red Horse Chestnut (oh, that old nut!)

15th May 2022 

Anomalies multiply… white bluebells

15th May 2022 

And here was a shot I couldn’t resist

Rhododendron & pine: 15th May 2022 

Cascade of honeysuckle: 15th May 2022 

And with the honeysuckle we must move on. Next week we’re back to the second part of the walk… cliffs and sea

Hope you enjoyed

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Sunday Picture Post: Between the Resorts

Posted on May 22, 2022 by crispina kemp

We set out early, a bus to Lowestoft. It’s no great distance, about 10 miles. We’re walking back… by beach and cliff and woods and back to cliffs and beach. It’s a walk of two parts (second part next week)

The tide is high when we arrive at Lowestoft and there’s not a lot of blue in the sky.

15th May 2022 

In fact, it’s a decidedly grey day. Why, even the gulls are grey!

15th May 2022 

I do hope the weather improves; I hope we find some colour. Hey, here’s colour. This beach (north end of Lowestoft) is almost a war museum, so many remains of WWII coastal defences

15th May 2022 

Moving to Gunton Cliffs and Warren… a spring

15th May 2022 

At Gunton the dunes are alive with golden gorse

15th May 2022 

More war relics…and someone with a sense of humour

15th May 2022 

We climb the cliff. This being compacted sand (not sandstone) we do it the safe way, using the steps provided

Looking back after first flight: 15th May 2022 

Atop the cliff a veritable forest of evergreen oak, wind-wrung and wrangled

15th May 2022 

And more gorse, so welcome on such a grey day

15th May 2022 

And soon from the gorse-land we’re into the woodland and here we’re greeted by a little green pool

15th May 2022 

Meandering through… so easy to get lost although this woodland is no great size

15th May 2022 

…until we come to the heart of the woods…

15th May 2022 

What a beautiful place to stop, take a breath. We’ll return next week when we’ll head back to the sea

Hope you enjoy. Sorry about the weather; I’m not in control of that!

Don’t forget to check out Tuesday Treats for the flowers seen on the way

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Something New

Posted on May 21, 2022 by crispina kemp

18th May 2022 

I planted these irises last autumn; they’ve been advertising their presence (as leaves) for ages, but I’d forgotten what colour they were till Wednesday morning. Fully delighted with this *something new*.

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

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The Pole That Threads

Posted on May 21, 2022 by crispina kemp

Design by Lauren Willmore for The Pole That Threads

Kerrid watched the sky, a sullen stare at the encircling Star Serpent, a fervent prayer to the Spinner for some sign, any sign, some guidance. That sign came the third night.

She thought she’d entranced to the Web, yet there was no cold cutting wind, no taste of smoke and salt on the air in the Web.

But if she weren’t in the Web, then what were those lights, these wind-wafted veils of delicate hues?

Divines… pouring through the star-guarded hole. She’d found the pole that threads the world. The Omphalos.

91 words for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Omphalos

Sampled from The Pole That Threads, Bk 3 in The Spinner’s Game

 

 

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