An Ode to I Know Who

Posted on August 15, 2021 by crispina kemp

Ought I to blush?
Am I a lush
To spend the night
In Dionysus’ arms
inebriated by his charms?
A Bacchanalian revelry,
My Lord, I cry, It’s most unlike me!

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Sunday Picture Post: Down Tight Country Lanes

Posted on August 15, 2021 by crispina kemp

This isn’t a long slog; it’s easy walking through quaint villages and green woodland.

Hopping off the bus at Poringland we head down a lane lined with trees hung with bundles of mistletoe. How enchanting.

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Which takes us to the village of Framingham Pigot… and an intriguing gate

2 Aug 2021

There’s just enough gap for my camera lens

2 Aug 2021

Wow! An English Country House

2 Aug 2021

The village street is lined with picturesque cottages

2 Aug 2021

The church is a Victorian Gothic revamp on an original Gothic base

2 Aug 2021

A woodland walk takes us to the next village

2 Aug 2021

The next village is Framingham Earl… we clip its edge, seeing only the church

2 Aug 2021

Too sharp to be anything but a renovation, yet the original dates to C13th

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By a tight country lane we head to Yelverton…

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And past the local water tower… no longer used

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Turning off the lane a footpath takes us through more woodland

2 Aug 2021

Yelverton village pond… and time to say goodbye

2 Aug 2021

Hope you enjoyed our visit to this quaint corner of Norfolk. See Tuesday’s post for butterflies and flowers seen on the way

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Copper Beech

Posted on August 14, 2021 by crispina kemp

A copper tree… Très Chic, another title achieved from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia.

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CCC144: A Soul of Old

Posted on August 12, 2021 by crispina kemp

Beyond the fence of sticks and stone
That fence me round
There is a field of gold

Within this body of flesh and bone
That hold me strong
There is a soul of old

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #144

Posted on August 11, 2021 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN

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 Flutters Than Flowers

Posted on August 10, 2021 by crispina kemp

Butterflies, Bees… and of course, Flowers as seen on walk from Weston to Ringland 29th July 2021.

An arable sight: 29th July 2021

Gatekeeper: 29th July 2021

Gatekeeper, underside:29th July 2021

Meadow Brown, underside: 29th July 2021

White Bryony in flower and Lords & Ladies in berry, both poisonous: 29th July 2021

Busy bees on the bramble bush! 29th July 2021

And on the thistles: 29th July 2021

(Not poisonous) Skullcap: 29th July 2021

Large White: 29th July 2021

Tansy (Bachelors Buttons): 29th July 2021

Silver Washed Fritillary on a wild buddleia: 29th July 2021

Red Admiral on the same buddleia: 29th July 2021

Peacock on that same buddleia bush: 29th July 2021

Humble Bumble feeding on Wood Sage: 29th July 2021

Great Willowherb: 29th July 2021

Bittersweet tangling with stinging nettles: 29th July 2021

Traveller’s Joy (Old Man’s Beard or Wild Clematis): 29th July 2021

That’s all folks… for today

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Sunday Picture Post: Weston to Ringland

Posted on August 8, 2021 by crispina kemp

We take the bus to Morton-on-the-Hill  and walk via Weston Longville to the local beauty spot of Ringland Hills. Put on your hikers and join us (it’s not a long walk)

Arable land glowing gold in the sun: 29th July 2021

But this field isn’t yet ripe: 29th July 2021

The narrowing road echoes the pylon: 29th July 2021

The glaring brightness cast deep shadows. I hope it doesn’t spoil your enjoyment

Parson Woodforde, remembered in this pub name, was a diarist famous for his description of C18th life in this area: 29th July 2021

Church at Weston Longville where Parson Woodforde had the living: 29th July 2021

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Pig-loos, the latest in outdoor piggeries: 29th July 2021

Piggery Old Style: 29th July 2021

Shaded lane on way to Ringland: 29th July 2021

The sand & gravel of Ringland Hills (a terminal moraine) supports a heathland: 29th July 2021

In a clearing of the trees that top the Hills…: 29th July 2021

The trees that clothe this part of the Hills: 29th July 2021

River Wensum runs through the village in the valley: 29th July 2021

Looking back… to The Ringland Swan P.H.: 29th July 2021

Always difficult to select just the right photos to ensure you enjoy the walks as much as I do. Hope I’ve shown you the right ones.

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Soaring in the Wide Blue

Posted on August 7, 2021 by crispina kemp

2nd Aug 2021

This buzzard that circled and soared above us certainly qualifies for In The Air, another title achieved from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia.

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A Plan Too Clever

Posted on August 7, 2021 by crispina kemp

from pixabay

I ought to be miffed
I ought to be tossed
I ought to be angry, all at a loss
Cos what had he done?
He’d sneaked a peep at my final plan
Of which he’d never been much of a fan
I thought it smart
He stressed what it lacked
But his words mean nought
My plan’s too clever
For him to thwart

63 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Thwart

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CCC143: Suzie Trotter

Posted on August 5, 2021 by crispina kemp

Suzie Trotter trotted out
She told her friends “to have a snout”
Gotta be something beyond this wall
This pokey city couldn’t be all
She trotted fast to be away
To be caught would ruin her day
And lo!
And see!
A golden field beyond Pig City

*Pig City*: 29 July 2021

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