CCC176: The Move

Posted on March 24, 2022 by crispina kemp

Oh, what a flurry there was amongst the residents when Tud Hopper brought back the news.

“A ‘legal paper’ slapped on us?”

“Not on us. On our home,” Tud Hopper said.

“But…but…” no one could spit out the words.

“Reggie Gardener won’t allow it to happen,” Betty said, and stood firm on that.

“Reggie Gardener is dead,” Tud Hopper said. “And has been these great many years.”

It was agreed, they must find a new home, one and all.

“I’m not moving,” said Betty. “I’ve roots that dig deep.”

Tud Hopper nodded but wouldn’t say. It was because of Betty Birch that they were facing this woeful day.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #176

Posted on March 23, 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: Colour with a Capital C

Posted on March 22, 2022 by crispina kemp

Some colourful photos taken on our walk along Chet Valley on 8th March. Enjoy

8th March 2022 

Native English daffodils: 8th March 2022 

Celandines: 8th March 2022 

Red Dead Nettle: 8th March 2022 

An Oak Gall: 8th March 2022 

Daisies: 8th March 2022 

Honeysuckle and Dogwood: 8th March 2022 

Periwinkle: 8th March 2022 

Blackthorn: 8th March 2022 

Rose: 8th March 2022 

Poppy Heads: 8th March 2022 

Violets: 8th March 2022 

That’s all for now, folks. But as you can see, Spring is here!!!

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Sunday Picture Post: Chet Valley

Posted on March 20, 2022 by crispina kemp

8th March, it takes two buses to deliver us to Brooke, southeast of Norwich, to begin our walk along the Chet Valley. With so much rain of late, we’re happy to road-walk. So put on your “walkers” and join us.

Wellbeck Road… out of Brooke

8th March 2022

The water-meadows alongside the Wellbeck

8th March 2022

This is a peaceful corner of Norfolk, scarcely a car all day, it’s like walking back in time

8th March 2022

It must be delightful when the leaves appear. Yet the skeletal trees allow a wonderful quality of light

8th March 2022

SS Peter and Paul, Bergh Apton and time to rest awhile

8th March 2022

8th March 2022

8th March 2022

We see snowdrops everywhere…

8th March 2022

The land here undulates… gently

8th March 2022

More meadows…

8th March 2022

St Mary’s church at Sisland. We stop here for lunch and sit in the sun

8th March 2022

Destination: Chedgrave, where the Chet reaches the Yare and Broads cruisers lay up for the winter

8th March 2022

From here we catch the first of the two buses that will take us home. Hope you’ve enjoyed this little exploration.

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Cherry Ripe

Posted on March 19, 2022 by crispina kemp

14th March 2022

Tickled Pink (as I was to find these cherries in bloom so early) another title from the list Maria Antonia has given us for #2022picoftheweek

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My Dad’s Word Plays

Posted on March 19, 2022 by crispina kemp

My Dad, Dec 2021, Aged 100 yrs & 5 months

My father loved to play with words – a trait which I’ve inherited.
Two of his word plays I remember most clearly.

He would say, The tortoise taught us what to do.
But he’d say it with his mouth pulled tight in tortoise-form.
Then he’d complete it with: Lettuce, pray.

And being good children, we’d chuckle.

His other word play, which I remember, was about cats.
You’ll never see a cat with unkempt hair.
Because they use catacombs.

77 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Catacomb

This week sees the anniversary of my father’s funeral. So this serves to honour him

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CCC175: Wilful and Headstrong

Posted on March 17, 2022 by crispina kemp

“Ann! Ann! If I’ve told you once… slow down, You don’t run down these corridors.”

“Lady Eliza, if I might make so bold, you are awfully harsh on the child. She’s young, she needs to run.”

“Headstrong and wilful, that one. I swear she’s going to lose her head somewhere.”

Prophetic? This was the childhood home of Ann Boleyn.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #175

Posted on March 16, 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: Yay! Spring Is Here

Posted on March 15, 2022 by crispina kemp

There’s nothing like wild flowers to declare that Spring is Here. All photos taken 28th February. Enjoy

Primroses: 28th February 2022 

Snowdrops: 28th February 2022 

Violets: 28th February 2022 

Celandine: 28th February 2022 

Red Dead Nettle: 28th February 2022 

A Robin, Iconic: 28th February 2022 

Honeysuckle in full leaf: 28th February 2022 

Aconites: 28th February 2022 

Hope you enjoyed. More next week

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Sunday Picture Post: To Blickling and Back

Posted on March 13, 2022 by crispina kemp

28th February, we jump on the bus to Norwich, where we jump on another to take us to Aylsham. We’re walking out to Blickling Hall, one-time home of Ann Boleyn’s family (second wife of Henry VIII). For those interested in the history of Blickling Hall…a feature I posted in 2018.

Love walking rural lanes…

28th February 2022

28th February 2022

Snowdrops are everywhere, seen here on a heath

28th February 2022

And the same heath…

28th February 2022

First sighting of Blickling Hall, seen from a distance, on zoom…

28th February 2022

Blickling Church, exquisite flushwork, a specialty of Norfolk

28th February 2022

A definite Dutch touch to these *workers houses* that flank the hall

28th February 2022

The pub, where maybe lords once mixed with locals

28th February 2022

Another view of the hall…

28th February 2022

The lake… all grand houses have a lake

28th February 2022

On the return, wonderful woodland

28th February 2022

Back at Aylsham for the bus…

28th February 2022

Hope you enjoyed our little walk. See Tuesday’s Treats for flowers. Yes, we have spring here

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