Hard Work

Posted on July 12, 2021 by crispina kemp
6th July 2021

I wasn’t sure about answering Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt this week. Since moving, time seems always in short supply and the wordcount is high. Moreover, though I rake through my mind, nothing crops up… unlike the weeds in my new garden. I wonder, would Sammi notice my lack of participation? And if she notices, will she forgive me?

I glance out the window at what’s best described as a jungle. I know what’s needed there. Saplings lopped, roots spaded out, weeds teased free: hard work.

But this prompt? Maybe a coffee will tempt Lady Inspiration, the basic requisite.

98 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Requisite

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Sunday Picture Post: Hethel Part 2

Posted on July 11, 2021 by crispina kemp

I left you last week at the Team Lotus base on the outskirts of the small Norfolk village of Hethel. Now we continue the walk

19th June 2021
An old road takes us through a damp woodland: 19th June 2021
A military installation/accommodation. Both that woodland road & these buildings date to WWII: 19th June 2021
And here is the explanation: 19th June 2021
And in the local churchyard: 19th June 2021
We continue our walk through woodland: 19th June 2021
The path we’re following delivers us at an old gate: 19th June 2021
In a small clearing off the main path: 19th June 2021
We find the farmhouse with its outbuildings: 19th June 2021
19th June 2021
and take a last look back: 19th June 2021
And a visit to the church before heading for the bus: 19th June 2021

Hope you’ve enjoyed

For the flowers seen, check out this week’s Tuesday Treat

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In Former Times

Posted on July 10, 2021 by crispina kemp
7th July 2021

Wheels, another title achieved from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia

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CCC139: Another Land

Posted on July 8, 2021 by crispina kemp

Come with me, come take my hand
I’ll take you to another land.
In doubt I shook my head
And yet agreed as he had said
Led down an avenue of trees
Flowers fragrant on the breeze
Until he stopped and drew me close
My heart then surging to my throat
And with willing lips as he had planned
He took me to another land

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #139

Posted on July 7, 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 Treat: Flowers

Posted on July 6, 2021 by crispina kemp

All photos taken 19th June 2021. Enjoy.

Ranunculus… but which one?
Hogweed…
Pink Hogweed (a Norfolk speciality)
Pink grasses (one day I’ll learn its name)
Pink roses (Rosa canina)
Red campion
Honeysuckle… pink
and palest yellow, not quite white
Field rose (Rosa arvensis)
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Narrow-leaved Birdsfoot Trefoil
Herb Robert (a cranesbill)

That’s all for now, folks. Oh, but have I a treat for you next week

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Reflections on Moving

Posted on July 5, 2021 by crispina kemp

If it’s not one thing then it’s another
I swear I’m at the end of my tether
Moving house is the worst ordeal
A week with no cooker means no hot meal
No landline connection
Reminds me of days before internet service selection
And the weather… rain, rain, rain
Water clogging the drain
The one in the shower blocked and overflowing
Flooding the bathroom, no plumber showing
But here it’s another week round
And I stand amazed: I’m Amazon found!

80 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Tether

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Sunday Picture Post: Hethel

Posted on July 4, 2021 by crispina kemp

19th June, a bus to Norwich, a bus to Mulbarton, and a walk via Braconash to Hethel and back. For those with an interest in fast cars and motor racing Hethel might ring bells.

Home of Team Lotus: 19 June 2021

But lets start at the beginning…

It’s not a sunny day but at least now the rain has stopped: 19 June 2021
Country lanes…. 19 June 2021
full of roses and honeysuckle that clamber ever higher: 19 June 2021
A woodland belt lines both sides of the lane: 19 June 2021
19 June 2021
Why is it called Water Tower Lane? 19 June 2021
19 June 2021
A fairy tale cottage: 19 June 2021
This lane has been closed to traffic since Lotus arrived here; it runs alongside their racetrack: 19 June 2021
The red is a cranesbill. It grew in my old garden but here it is so vivid: 19 June 2021

We’ve reached the halfway stage… at the Lotus Works (first photo above). We’ll complete the walk next week. Hope you enjoyed.

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A Moving Day

Posted on July 3, 2021 by crispina kemp
28 June 2021

On Monday, having lived in this old building for 16 years, I now must leave. A moving experience indeed for if anything could go wrong with a move, it did. I got the distinct impression the move was cursed.

Packed House, another title achieved from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #138

Posted on June 30, 2021 by crispina kemp
CCC138

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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