Haunter of the Local Dairy

Posted on May 24, 2021 by crispina kemp

Mary, haunter of the local dairy
Was a lassie to be wary
Till, oops, she forgot to open her eyes
Then Eerie Mary dies

24 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Eerie

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Sunday Picture Post: Lothingland [1st Half]

Posted on May 23, 2021 by crispina kemp

12th May we bused to Hopton (over the border in Suffolk) to an area known historically as Lothingland (Lothr’s, a Viking). It wasn’t a long walk yet the photo-yield was high. And so I’m dividing the photos across 2 weeks (handy that since between the weather and the op on my eye I haven’t been out this week)

So hop on the bus, we’re going to Hopton.

A taste of the Suffolk lanes: 12th May 2021
Here’s where we turned onto a footpath: 12th May 2021
Swampy pits in woodland setting: 12th May 2021
A woodland path that leads to more woodland: 12th May 2021
More woodland: 12th May 2021
And through a farm: 12th May 2021
Love tractors (almost as much as pylons): 12th May 2021
Lound church… and sky: 12th May 2021
This is Snakes Track (though we’ve never seen one here): 12th May 2021
View across the field: 12th May 2021
A beautiful oak in spring foliage: 12th May 2021
Ashby St Mary’s church: 12th May 2021

A little more track then we’re onto the road to circle around to Lound Lakes and head to Hobland. So here’s a good place to take a break.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this. I hope to be able to get out soon (once my eye has healed) to take some more photos.

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Archimedes’ Bath

Posted on May 22, 2021 by crispina kemp
12th May 2021

Not often you see a bath in such a situation, so we thought Archimedes must live here.

Eureka! another title achieved from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia

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Happy is This Islander

Posted on May 20, 2021 by crispina kemp
Crimson’s Creative Challenge 132

I live on an island, I can’t deny.
And it’s easily bigger than a giant’s eye.
Gigantic trees grow there
Taller than a moss-tree
Easily taller than that by three.
In springtime they sprout
By summer they’re full out
Their feathery fronds
Sheltering all around
But those feathery fronds
Also shelter us from sun
And when they shrivel and dry
The sun is already gone from the sky
But I’m telling you this
The soil of my island home
I’ll gladly kiss

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #132

Posted on May 19, 2021 by crispina kemp
CCC132

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: Water World

Posted on May 18, 2021 by crispina kemp

Our walk on 3rd May meandered through Bure Park where there’s a *pond* (too small to call it a lake).

3 May 2021
3 May 2021
On an island in the middle of the *pond*: 3 May 2021
Ubiquitous Mallards: 3 May 2021
Mallard ducklings: 3 May 2021
Less common, the Pochard & the usually skulking Moorhen: 3 May 2021
Mrs Pochard: 3 May 2021
Mallard ducklings come to say goodbye: 3 May 2021
The weather tells us it’s time to go: 3 May 2021

Hope you enjoyed the birds. I was delighted, these aren’t tame birds, and to get the swan on the nest, fantastic

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A Lively Sprite

Posted on May 17, 2021 by crispina kemp
12th May 2021

A lively sprite, she was enchanting
Erotically taunting
Unmistakeably haunting
With her gossamer wings
And her silken things
As she flitted over rivers and streams
As she rustled the rusty leaves of autumn
As knowingly, flaunting
As painfully wanting
As careless and carefree, lacking caution
As for a mate she went hunting
A sprite never forgotten
A sprite most wanton.

60 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Wanton

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Sunday Picture Post: North Denes

Posted on May 16, 2021 by crispina kemp

3rd May: it being a public holiday the buses were running a skeleton service, and by tradition the weather is always foul. So we stayed close to home. North Denes Dunes. But look what we found.

Sea Holly: 3 May 2021
Ragwort: 3 May 2021
Mullein (I think): 3 May 2021
A bit of a mix (no social distancing here): 3 May 2021
Tree Lupin in bud: 3 May 2021
One of the sedums: 3 May 2021
Another community all muddled together: 3 May 2021
Cranesbill & co: 3 May 2021

That’s it for this week though it wasn’t the end of the walk. More photos on Tuesday.

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The Ascent of the Snail

Posted on May 15, 2021 by crispina kemp
12 May 2021

For us humans it’s just a flowerpot. But it’s one huge height for Snail-kind. Candid Shot, another title achieved from the list provided for #2021picoftheweek provided by Maria Antonia

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CCC131: Pigeon Holed

Posted on May 13, 2021 by crispina kemp
Crimson’s Creative Challenge

“Look at them.”

“Look at who?”

“Them. The humans. Litter-dropping, nose-picking, smelly-farting…”

“Hey, you, lay off them. They feed us, don’t they?”

“Can’t stand them. Always putting us into pigeon holes.”

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