A Big Guy With An Axe

Posted on November 11, 2023 by crispina kemp

Image by Gioele Fazzeri on pixabay

Describe…

Well, he was kinda tall and kinda wide. A big guy.

Ascribe…

I’d say he was possibly a Viking. Could be I think that cos of his axe.

Subscribe…

No, I don’t subscribe to the theory all Vikings were bad guys. Well, maybe I do cos if they were just benevolent traders and farmers they wouldn’t be called Vikings. Would they.

Transcribe…

You want me to write it all down on that goat skin? My word’s not enough.

Prescribe…

I don’t care what the recommendations of your organization. Oh, demands are they?

Okay, go fetch the scribe.

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

 

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Friday Fungi

Posted on November 10, 2023 by crispina kemp

Photos of fungi seen on the very rainy day of 24th October 2023. Enjoy…

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And finally, that special one…

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Hope you enjoyed. More next week!

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CCC261: Alf the Traumatised Tree

Posted on November 9, 2023 by crispina kemp

As a youngster, no more than maybe twenty years old, Alf heard the local children discussing the meaning of his name. Alf. He didn’t stop to consider how they knew his name, but immediately reacted.

Alien. Life. Form.

But he was a native tree, his family had inhabited this land since the ice disappeared.

Alien. Life. Form.

Like he shouldn’t be here! This traumatised him. He wanted to wail.

Alien. Life. Form.

Yet his roots went deep, deep into the soil to keep the soil there.

Alien. Life. Form.

INDIGENOUS!

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #261

Posted on November 8, 2023 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 Details

Posted on November 7, 2023 by crispina kemp

24th October 2023 we dodged the rain, quite heavy at times. And when it’s raining I don’t risk the camera. So I missed so many delightful details. However, I got these..

And what do birds do in the rain? This one took shelter beneath a tree

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We don’t grow maize in UK for human consumption… this is as good as they get!

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As close as it gets to autumnal colours in October

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Berries, so many berries, all dripping raindrops

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Ah, red leaves!

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Unexpected find… harebells

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Lichen and moss… cos it’s so very very wet!

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Hope you enjoyed. Don’t miss Friday Fungi!

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Sunday Picture Post: After the Storm

Posted on November 5, 2023 by crispina kemp

We’ve been having lots of rain-storms this autumn. 24th October 2023 was forecast “wet”. So do we cut the walk. No way. We’ll take a chance. Hopped a bus into Norwich, hopped a second bus out to Thorpe Marriott. We’re walking Marriott’s Way to Costessey. Let’s go.

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Here’s a little pond at the start of our walk. And then it rains…

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Don’t care of the rain, I’m having these two shots, taken to either side of a bridge over the Wensum. So much rain, the river overflows.

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The view would be better without the rain!

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Ah, the rain has stopped. Sun would be nice. Ok, I’ll settle for this break in the rain…

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Another look at the Wensum…

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Is that a sunny break up ahead?

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And we arrive at destination, which is a group of old gravel pits now flooded and softened by nature, beside our little River Tud

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Of course, we were hunting for fungi. And we found. I’ll show you some of those on Friday. Meanwhile, you’ll find fewer Tuesday Treats than usual… too much rain to spend time snapping little delights!

Enjoy…

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Welcome to my Domain

Posted on November 4, 2023 by crispina kemp

24th October 2024

This beautiful gent stood guard beside a gate into a woodland with a pond. And so…

Be My Guest, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week 

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Sammi’s Quest

Posted on November 4, 2023 by crispina kemp

Image: Julita on Pixabay

Here I set this quest
To refresh your thoughts
For life itself, to renew your zest
This thing you seek
It doesn’t reek
It smells quite sweet
Rich
Earthy
Like maturing oak
Like leaves well soaked
But you’ll need a hound
For what’s to be found
If you search
Beneath a birch

52 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Search

In truth, I don’t know if these are found beneath birch. Can you guess what it is?

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Friday Fungi: A Selection from 17th October

Posted on November 3, 2023 by crispina kemp

Hold on, my fungi fanatics, for here we go…

17th October 2023

I don’t know for certain but I’m thinking this is a Fake Death Cap. It’s almost certainly an Amanita. As is the next, probably a Tawny Grisette…

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This next is an easy one: Turkey Tails (Trametes)

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Don’t expect me to identify the rest…

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I’m thinking this next one is a Hoof

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Another Tawny Grisette… I think

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And for the last, a coral… stood on by a dog, I suspect

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Hope you enjoyed, you devilish fungi fanatics! More next week.

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CCC260: Killer Gran

Posted on November 2, 2023 by crispina kemp

Harry didn’t believe all that talk of a killer stalking the woods and didn’t want to stay home, nice and safe, while his grandma was out at the shops. He snuck out the back door and ran like crazy to those woods. He’d show her she couldn’t frighten him with silly tales.

Up and up his favourite hill he went – great for tobogganing down – and…

He screamed.

Strong arms pinioned him.

The killer.

“Harry, I told you to stay at home,” said his grandma.

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