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Some Things Stick

Posted on July 8, 2023 by crispina kemp

Image by Matyze on pixababy

Yea, yea, I know what you’re going to say
Ever since Disney’s production
The name Sparrow calls to mind Jack.

20 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Sparrow

Posted in Photos, Uncategorized | Tagged Sammi's Weekend Writing Prompt | 12 Comments

All aboard
All aboard
All aboard the train
Hurry now, don’t be late
Don’t be late
Don’t be late
Don’t be late
Don’t be late the train won’t wait
Won’t wait
Won’t wait
Hear that hoot as the stoker stokes
The stoker stokes
The stoker stokes
The stoker stokes
Hurry now
Jump aboard

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged #CCC243, Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photo, Poem | 17 Comments

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #243

Posted on July 5, 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
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 Treats: Flowers…and Summer Fungus

Posted on July 4, 2023 by crispina kemp

A range of the flowers (and fungus) seen on our walk on 3rd June 2023 to Tyrrells Wood. Enjoy…

3rd June 2023

Hope you enjoyed the colours, now summer is here!

Posted in Photos | Tagged British Flora, Fungi, Photos | 13 Comments

Sunday Picture Post: A Walk To The Woods

Posted on July 2, 2023 by crispina kemp

3rd June 2023, we catch a bus, and another, to take us to the small town of Long Stratton, from where we walk the lanes to the ancient woodland of Tyrrell’s Wood. Do come with us. It’s a wonderfully sunny day!

3rd June 2023

Long Stratton Church

3rd June 2023

The Old Mill…and the new

3rd June 2023

Arable fields…and the common

3rd June 2023

Wind-power

3rd June 2023

Into the woods

3rd June 2023

And out again to return to town for the bus home

3rd June 2023

Hope you enjoyed this little walk as much as we did!

Posted in Photos | Tagged Norfolk Walks, Photos, Tyrrells Wood | 14 Comments

The Dragon Has Landed

Posted on July 1, 2023 by crispina kemp

24th June 2023

Down To Earth, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week

24th June 2023

Two-for-one, back-to-front. To me, this looks like a small plane

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Talking of Textiles

Posted on July 1, 2023 by crispina kemp

image by Victorian Lady on pixabay

Place three items in a line
Be they flowers or glasses of wine
Now move the middle one up
Though to move it down is equally fine
There you have made a simple trine
Mirror-flip and re-align
Play a while and recombine
Maybe delete, maybe refine
Congratulations! Your first textile design

51 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Design

Posted in Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged poems, Sammi's Weekend Writing Prompt | 15 Comments

CCC242: Careful Now, Don’t Move, You’ll Fall

Posted on June 29, 2023 by crispina kemp

Hush, Little One, and ignore that blaze
I’ll take you to another place
I’ll give to you a different face
I’ll turn your worries into lace
Hush, Little One, and take my hand
Let me lead you to another land
Let me show you something grand
Grand and yet it’s micro-small
Single and yet containing all
Careful now, don’t move, you’ll fall
And join Alice down her rabbit hole.