Sally’s Friend Saul

Posted on September 16, 2023 by crispina kemp

image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images

I said to Sally, I told her no
I wouldn’t go out again with her friend Saul.

But why ever not?
Saul’s a beautiful Scot.

Good upon eyes I don’t disagree
And looking in mirrors together
He looks good with me.

You are a match, Sally said.

In looks perhaps but not in our heads.
He talks and talks
He never stops when we’re out on walks
And basically he just talks shite
He’s a total blatherskite.

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

 

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CCC253: Another Catastrophic Experiment

Posted on September 14, 2023 by crispina kemp

Has Woody gotten her seasons muddled?
Is her head all of a fuddle?
Is she trying to weave a nest
When she should be taking a rest?
Or is she prepping for a frigid December?
Maybe the worst her breed can remember?
Best to keep an eye on developments
Don’t want to end with a catastrophic experiment.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #253

Posted on September 13, 2023 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.

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats: Some Petals, Some Wings

Posted on September 12, 2023 by crispina kemp

A few of the details from our walk on 16th August 2023. Enjoy.

16th August 2023

A female “Wall”

16th August 2023

Pretty blue damselfly

16th August 2023

A beefy dragon!

16th August 2023

Tansy and Ladybugs… loads of Ladybugs

16th August 2023

Common Mallow and St John’s Wort. Love the colour combo!

16th August 2023

Red Admiral feeding on Hemp Agrimony

16th August 2023

Peacock feeding on same

16th August 2023

Gatekeeper on thistledown

16th August 2023

Himalayan Balsam, a foreign invader, but oh so pretty

16th August 2023

Poppies pop best when part-hidden in a shady hedgerow

16th August 2023

Speckled Wood…love these little butterflies

16th August 2023

And we finish on another beefy dragonfly!

Hope you enjoyed.

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Sunday Picture Post: Summer Down By The Estuary

Posted on September 10, 2023 by crispina kemp

16th August dawns loud with sun. What better day to walk alongside the estuary. Cooling breezes from the water…or so we hope! So, fill the water bottles and let’s go…

16th August 2023

But first there’s the common to cross…

16th August 2023

Tide is high, the water reflects the deep blue sky

16th August 2023

We stop to take a slug of water, and look back. What’s happened to the cooling breezes?

16th August 2023

We’re trapped between grazing marshes and the water, it’s baking hot, and very humid

16th August 2023

16th August 2023

16th August 2023

We leave the estuary, to cross the grazing-marsh…

16th August 2023

By tradition, this is cattle-grazing country, but of late horses have taken their places. These are rescued horses, a charity totally funded by public donation

16th August 2023

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16th August 2023

The road winds between alders and willows…

16th August 2023

To take us to the higher ground that is Burgh Castle which overlooks the Yare and Waveney confluence…

 

16th August 2023

Clouds are amassing. Are we to get rain? No matter, we’re ready to catch the bus home. It truly is the most humid conditions, clothes drenched.

Hope you enjoyed

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Baked Estuarine Flora

Posted on September 9, 2023 by crispina kemp

16th August 2023

This colourful collection of summer-baked flora caught my eye as I walked alongside the path beside the estuary.

Along The Path, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week 

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Exhibits At An Exhibition

Posted on September 9, 2023 by crispina kemp

image on pixabay by Peggy Marco

“Stirling!” he said.

I said, “What? You can’t be serious. But that is crap.”

“Au contraire, my currant bun,” he said. “That reaches the highest pinnacle of artistic expression.”

I looked again at the exhibit, corralled as it was within a cordon of red-baked bricks. Wisely, visitors kept a distance.

“And where,” I said, “will you stamp the hallmark on that pile of dung?”

64 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Hallmark

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CCC252: That Heavy Throb

Posted on September 7, 2023 by crispina kemp

It had grown in volume
That heavy throb
Announcing
Something
Frightening
About to appear
Something
Big
Materialising
Out of the empty air
Imagination into hyperdrive
What could it be?
Too many war movies
On TV
Nerves now in a mess
But it was more like something out of *M*A*S*H*

Alas, this was a real emergency, not something staged for TV. I hope they got their patient to hospital in time and everything turned out fine.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #252

Posted on September 6, 2023 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.

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats: Summer Flowers

Posted on September 5, 2023 by crispina kemp

Some of the flower photos from our walk on 7th August. Enjoy…

7th August 2023 

St John’s Wort after flowering. Not sure which species. I have this in my garden and I’m most upset because mine haven’t turned this wonderful crimson-red!

7th August 2023 

Hares Foot Clover…

7th August 2023 

Tansy…a herbalist remedy for intestinal worms!

7th August 2023 

Teasel with lady-bugs snuggling tight (Bishies in this part of the world!)

7th August 2023 

Corn Marigold, Corn Cockle and Mayweed showing their colours amongst the bracken…

7th August 2023 

Field Scabious…

7th August 2023 

Corn Marigolds and Poppies, such a bright combination…

7th August 2023 

Bladder Campion. Love these, they hang around like fragile ghosts…

7th August 2023

Toadflax…

7th August 2023 

Hemp nettle… it was growing just into the woods…

7th August 2023 

Bittersweet. Since childhood these flowers have fascinated me…

7th August 2023 

Bittersweet berries. Oops, poisonous!

7th August 2023 

Old Man’s Beard, aka Traveller’s Joy, the wild cousin of Clematis…

And that’s all for now folks. Hope you enjoyed.

More next week!

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