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Sunday Picture Post: Marsh, Castle and Mill

Posted on January 14, 2024 by crispina kemp

Second half of our walk, 28th December 2023. Wrap up warm, it’s a cold blustery day…

28th December 2023

The marsh is cut by channels that drain it, the water pumped into the estuary. This is where we leave the windy riverside and walk a (private) marshland road. The pumphouse marks that turning, the modern equivalent of the windmills

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Wide skies, and reeds whipping in the wind…

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No horses nor cattle out to pasture during the wet months…

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The willows help buffer the wind…

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Heading into village…and out again

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I promised you mills!

28th December 2023

Zoomed and not zoomed…

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Two rivers flow into the estuary that is Breydon Water. River Yare, and this river, the Waveney…

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Looking back from the river to the one-time coastal cliff where the Romans built a fort in C2nd CE

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The ruins of C2nd Burgh Castle (means castle on a hill)

Hope you enjoyed. There’s a pub in the village. I’ll meet you there 😉

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Mammy

Posted on January 13, 2024 by crispina kemp

credit: Carola68 on pixabay

Mammy was furious
But she always was
The slightest thing
She’d make a fuss
She fumed that the car wouldn’t start
She fumed that she’d now have to catch a bus
The bus was late
Of course
Nothing ever went right
That was Mammy’s fate
The hiccups at her wedding foretold this
Nothing went smoothly
She could expect no wedded bliss
Her man was late to the church
She feared she’d been left in the lurch
Now she raged of disenchantment
Already late for the psychiatrist’s appointment.

87 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Appointment

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CCC270: Where, What, Who?

Posted on January 11, 2024 by crispina kemp

Doctor, what have you done? And where have you put us? This is not Earth 1968.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #270

Posted on January 10, 2024 by crispina kemp

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.

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats: Winter’s Dearth

Posted on January 9, 2024 by crispina kemp

A few additional shots from our walk on 28th December 2023, but no fungi, few berries, yet seed heads and birds persist. Enjoy

28th December 2023

Shelducks feeding on the freshly exposed mudflat

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Their distinctive markings make them unmistakable, even at a distance

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Snails. Are they hibernating? Or just hiding away?

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I love reeds in all their seasonal colours

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Yay! There is life!

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And we can always rely on ivy!

Meagre picking this time of year. But as the year proceeds, so the colours will return

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Sunday Picture Post: Early One Morning

Posted on January 7, 2024 by crispina kemp

Weather forecast for 28th December 2023 isn’t great. Cold. Very high winds. But at least no rain. Not knowing how bad those winds would be, we decide to stay close to home. Breydon Water. So let’s go…

28th December 2023

Breydon Bridge marks the beginning of Breydon Water, the ‘estuary’ of the rivers Waveney and Yare. Sorry, the image isn’t sharp, a combination of winds rattling me and the camera, and the very low blue light before sunrise

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The town’s to the east, our destination to the west, so the sun will be rising behind us. But frequent looks back ensures we catch the first glow of dawn

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Several shots later…

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What a glorious sunrise. Shame about the wind, now strengthening. Do we continue, or head back to home? We keep going

28th December 2023

We check out the waters, usually so placid. No, those aren’t tide-driven waves, they’re entirely wind-driven

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Widgeons and oystercatchers, on zoom for the tide is now fast ebbing

While behind us…

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At least now we should have better light…

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The water has withdrawn to a narrow channel, way out there, and it’s trying to rain

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Another look back. A blue sky would be good

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Ah, a blue sky just beginning to show

But here’s where we leave it for today. Second part of the walk, next Sunday. Hope you enjoyed.

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He Lied

Posted on January 6, 2024 by crispina kemp

credit: Bronislaw Drozka on Pixabay

What sort of guide
A man who lied
He could’ve led us into danger
He wasn’t even a proper ranger
He’d the badge, for sure
But partly covered, kept obscure
What’s more, he was rather mature
No, the man clearly lied
He wasn’t a guide

45 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Guide